Dean King
Dean King is an award-winning and bestselling author of narrative nonfiction and other works on historical and maritime adventure, including "A Sea of Words "(1995), "Harbors and High Seas "(1996), and" Every Man Will Do His Duty" (1997), all companion works to Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturinnovels. A foremost expert on O'Brian, King also published a biography of the acclaimed author, entitled "Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed "(2000). Most recently, King has published the national bestseller ...See more
Dean King is an award-winning and bestselling author of narrative nonfiction and other works on historical and maritime adventure, including "A Sea of Words "(1995), "Harbors and High Seas "(1996), and" Every Man Will Do His Duty" (1997), all companion works to Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturinnovels. A foremost expert on O'Brian, King also published a biography of the acclaimed author, entitled "Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed "(2000). Most recently, King has published the national bestseller "Skeletons on the Zahara "(2004), about twelve shipwrecked American sailors' hellish journey across the Sahara Desert, and "Unbound" (2010), about the women who embarked on Mao's Long March in 1934. King's writing has also appeared in"Granta", " Esquire", " Garden & Gun", " Men's Journal", " Outside", andthe" New York Times". See less
