Auteur: Dean King

Dean King is an award-winning and bestselling author of narrative nonfiction and other works on historical and maritime adventure, including A Sea of Words (1995), Harbors and High Seas (1996), and Every Man Will Do His Duty (1997), all companion works to Patrick OBrians Aubrey-Maturinnovels. A foremost expert on OBrian, King also published a biography of the acclaimed author, entitled Patrick OBrian: A Life Revealed (2000). Most recently, King has published the national bestseller Skeletons on the Zahara (2004), about twelve shipwrecked American sailors hellish journey across the Sahara Desert, and Unbound (2010), about the women who embarked on Maos Long March in 1934. Kings writing has also appeared inGranta, Esquire, Garden Gun, Mens Journal, Outside, andthe New York Times.