Peter Stark

Peter Stark is an adventure and exploration writer and historian. Born in Wisconsin, he studied English and anthropology at Dartmouth College and took a master's in journalism from the University of Wisconsin. A longtime correspondent for Outside magazine, Stark has also been published in Smithsonian , The New Yorker , The New York Times Magazine , and Men's Journal . His book Astoria was a New York Times bestseller, received a PEN USA literary award nomination, and was adapted into an epic...See more

Peter Stark is an adventure and exploration writer and historian. Born in Wisconsin, he studied English and anthropology at Dartmouth College and took a master's in journalism from the University of Wisconsin. A longtime correspondent for Outside magazine, Stark has also been published in Smithsonian , The New Yorker , The New York Times Magazine , and Men's Journal . His book Astoria was a New York Times bestseller, received a PEN USA literary award nomination, and was adapted into an epic two-part play. His Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father was named a finalist for the 2019 George Washington Book Prize. See less