Richard Grant

Richard Grant is an author of nonfiction books, a journalist, and a documentary film writer. His last two books, Dispatches from Pluto and The Deepest South of All , were New York Times bestsellers. His previous books include the adventure travel classic God's Middle Finger: Into the Heart of the Sierra Madre and American Nomads , which was made into an acclaimed BBC documentary with Grant as the writer and star. Currently a contributor to Smithsonian magazine, Grant has published journalism in...See more

Richard Grant is an author of nonfiction books, a journalist, and a documentary film writer. His last two books, Dispatches from Pluto and The Deepest South of All , were New York Times bestsellers. His previous books include the adventure travel classic God's Middle Finger: Into the Heart of the Sierra Madre and American Nomads , which was made into an acclaimed BBC documentary with Grant as the writer and star. Currently a contributor to Smithsonian magazine, Grant has published journalism in Esquire , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and many other publications. Originally from London, England, now a US citizen, he has traveled extensively and written books about Mexico and East Africa. After several years of living in a remote farmhouse in the Mississippi Delta, an experience chronicled in the multi-award-winning Dispatches from Pluto , Grant is living in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife and daughter. See less