David Grann

About the author

David Grann, born in New York City on March 10, 1967, is an American journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker whose meticulous reporting has earned him a reputation as a "workhorse" who inspires near-obsessive reader loyalty. His debut book, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, published by Doubleday in 2009, debuted at No. 4 on The New York Times bestseller list before climbing to No.

1. His articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, and have been featured in multiple Best American anthologies.