Erik Larson is a master of narrative non-fiction. His vividly written, bestselling books have won several awards and been published worldwide. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania about the 1915 sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania was #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin is a vivid portrait of the American ambassador and his family in Berlin during the first years of Hitler’s reign from which Larson has crafted a gripping, deeply intimate narrative. His critically acclaimed book, The Devil in the White City, intertwines the stories of the Chicago 1893 World’s Fair and one of America’s worst serial killers. It remained on the New York Times bestseller lists for a combined total of over six years, won an Edgar Award for nonfiction crime writing, was nominated for the National Book Award, and was voted one of the 125 most important books of the last 125 years by the New York Public Library. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During The Blitz, a biography of Winston Churchill’s first year as prime minister, is a New York Times Notable Book of 2020, and a Kirkus Best Book of 2020. His audio-only novel, No One Goes Alone, has been acquired by Chernin Entertainment in association with Netflix with plans to adapt it into a feature film. His next book, The Demon of Unrest (Crown, April 30, 2024), offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Fort Sumter. Publishers Weekly calls it “…mesmerizing and disconcerting….”
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