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  1. Apr 30, 2024 · The Demon of Unrest will add to Larsons luster as one of the great historical-nonfiction writers of our time. . . . [A] literary masterwork.” — National Review “Erik Larson’s latest book brings new life to an old war.

  2. Feb 17, 2014 · Erik Larson is the author of nine books and one audio-only novella. His latest book, The Demon of Unrest, is a non-fiction thriller about the five months...

  3. Feb 5, 2024 · Larson masterfully weaves their narratives, showcasing architectural marvels and technological wonders alongside the chilling darkness lurking beneath the fair’s excitement, leaving you pondering the duality of human nature and the shadows that can creep even into the brightest moments.

  4. Mar 3, 2015 · Author Erik Larson, a former journalist, subscribes to a brand of historical storytelling that cracks open what he calls "the little details that cause the narrative to get up and walk." This approach is on display in his many narrative nonfiction bestsellers: The Devil in the White City, Isaac's Storm, In the Garden of Beasts, and ...

  5. Larson’s The Devil in the White City is set to be a Hulu limited series; his In the Garden of Beasts is under option by Tom Hanks for a feature film. He recently published an audio-original ghost story, No One Goes Alone, which has been optioned by Chernin Entertainment, in association with Netflix.

  6. Oct 5, 2024 · In his first big hit, Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, Larson chronicled the Galveston hurricane of 1900, portrayed the pioneering Texas weatherman Isaac Cline and charted the murder of businessman William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University in Houston, Texas. In The Devil in the White City: Murder ...

  7. Erik Larson is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, which examines how Winston Churchill and his "Secret Circle" went about surviving the German air campaign of 1940-41.

  8. Erik Larson. Erik Larson is an American writer and historian, known for his vivid renditions of historical topics such as Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 and Hitler’s Berlin. Larson was born on January 3, 1954 in Brooklyn.

  9. Erik Larson, who doubles as a journalist in a career which has seen him write articles considerably for world-famous magazines and dailies, is a sexagenarian American author with a list of publications to his credit.