David Elliot Grann was born on March 10,1967 and is an American journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and a best-selling author.
14 Facts About David Grann
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David Grann has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Weekly Standard.
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David Grann was born on March 10,1967, to Phyllis and Victor David Grann.
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David Grann's mother is the former CEO of Putnam Penguin and the first woman CEO of a major publishing firm.
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David Grann's father is an oncologist and Director of the Bennett Cancer Center in Stamford, Connecticut.
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David Grann is of quarter-Jewish descent on his mother's side.
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David Grann received a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1993.
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At that point primarily interested in fiction, David Grann hoped to develop a career as a novelist.
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David Grann was named The Hill's executive editor in 1995.
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In 1996, David Grann became a senior editor at The New Republic.
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David Grann joined The New Yorker in 2003 as a staff writer.
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David Grann was a finalist for the Michael Kelly Award in 2005.
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Grann's 2009 non-fiction book The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon recounts the odyssey of the notable British explorer, Captain Percy Fawcett who, in 1925, disappeared with his son in the Amazon while looking for the Lost City of Z For decades, explorers and scientists have tried to find evidence of both his party and the Lost City of Z Grann trekked into the Amazon.
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon was the first book by David Grann to be adapted into a film, optioned in 2008 by Brad Pitt's Plan B production company and Paramount Pictures.