Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest.
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- Born in
- Brookline
- Educated at
- Hampshire CollegeCorvallis High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism
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1954
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