“Damn exciting.”--Stewart O’Nan, bestelling author with
Stephen King of Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle
the Historic 2004 Season, and author of The Good Wife
“Pure adrenaline."--Melanie Thernstrom, bestselling author
of The Dead Girl and Halfway Heaven
“You will dread to see it end.”--Robert Morgan,
bestselling author of Gap Creek and Brave Enemies
“As if one of the heroes of The Perfect Storm had
lived to write his memoirs.”--Julie Hilden, author of 3 and
The Bad Daughter
"Mandatory reading for anyone who’s ever flirted
with thoughts of a life at sea.”--A. Manette Ansay,
bestselling author of Vinegar Hill
“The fact that Vann lived to tell it is an
achievement in itself.”--Tom Barbash, author of The Last
Good Chance and On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard
Lutnick, & 9/11: A Story of Loss & Renewal
"Superbly crafted."--Keith Scribner, author of The Goodlife
and Miracle Girl
"You have to read this book, even if you care
nothing about sailing or the sea."--Lalita Tademy,
bestselling author of Cane River
Stephen King of Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle
the Historic 2004 Season, and author of The Good Wife
“Pure adrenaline."--Melanie Thernstrom, bestselling author
of The Dead Girl and Halfway Heaven
“You will dread to see it end.”--Robert Morgan,
bestselling author of Gap Creek and Brave Enemies
“As if one of the heroes of The Perfect Storm had
lived to write his memoirs.”--Julie Hilden, author of 3 and
The Bad Daughter
"Mandatory reading for anyone who’s ever flirted
with thoughts of a life at sea.”--A. Manette Ansay,
bestselling author of Vinegar Hill
“The fact that Vann lived to tell it is an
achievement in itself.”--Tom Barbash, author of The Last
Good Chance and On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard
Lutnick, & 9/11: A Story of Loss & Renewal
"Superbly crafted."--Keith Scribner, author of The Goodlife
and Miracle Girl
"You have to read this book, even if you care
nothing about sailing or the sea."--Lalita Tademy,
bestselling author of Cane River
Author Bio
David Vann’s work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Men's Journal, Outside,
Outside's GO, Writer's Digest, and other magazines and has won various prizes and awards.
He's been a Wallace Stegner Fellow, taught at Stanford and Cornell, and is now a professor at
FSU. He holds a U.S. Coast Guard 200-ton Master’s License and has sailed more than forty
thousand miles offshore. He was born on Adak Island, Alaska and lives in Tallahassee, Florida
with his wife Nancy. He recently found out he's part Cherokee, related to the Cherokee Chief
David Vann.
Outside's GO, Writer's Digest, and other magazines and has won various prizes and awards.
He's been a Wallace Stegner Fellow, taught at Stanford and Cornell, and is now a professor at
FSU. He holds a U.S. Coast Guard 200-ton Master’s License and has sailed more than forty
thousand miles offshore. He was born on Adak Island, Alaska and lives in Tallahassee, Florida
with his wife Nancy. He recently found out he's part Cherokee, related to the Cherokee Chief
David Vann.
Author David Vann
A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea
Legend of a Suicide wins the Grace Paley Prize! Story collection to be published October 2008. Read stories.
National Endowment for the Arts fellowship 2008 for Crocodile: Memoirs From a Mexican Drug-Running Port, a new,
unpublished memoir. Read an excerpt of Crocodile at www.arts.gov soon.
National Endowment for the Arts fellowship 2008 for Crocodile: Memoirs From a Mexican Drug-Running Port, a new,
unpublished memoir. Read an excerpt of Crocodile at www.arts.gov soon.
© Copyright 2005-7 David Vann
Now a National Bestseller!
(#4 Washington Post, #7 L.A. Times)
New feature articles in Esquire, Men's Journal, Outside, and Outside's GO
Check for updates on David's nonstop solo circumnavigation at www.esquire.com/tincan
Check for updates on David's nonstop solo circumnavigation at www.esquire.com/tincan