Quammen, David, 1948-

LC control no.	n 80139796
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3567.U25
Personal name heading	Quammen, David, 1948- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Biography/History note	David Quammen (born February 1948) is an American science, nature and travel writer and the author of fifteen books, five of them fiction. He wrote a column, called "Natural Acts" for Outside magazine for fifteen years. His articles have also appeared in National Geographic, Harper's, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Book Review and other periodicals. In 2013, Quammen's book Spillover was shortlisted for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Quammen>
Located	Bozeman (Mont.)
Birth date	1948-02
Place of birth	Cincinnati (Ohio)
Field of activity	Novels Fiction--Authorship Science Nature Travel
Affiliation	Yale University University of Oxford
Profession or occupation	Novelists Authors Science writers Travel writers
Found in	His To walk the line, 1970. Yellowstone, a journey through America's wild heart, 2016: ECIP t.p. (David Quammen) end of text, at About the author (author, journalist; author: The song of the dodo (1996), The reluctant Mr. Darwin (2007), Spillover (2012); lives in Bozeman, Montana) How Rhodes Scholars think, at rhodesscholars.wordpress.com, 2007, viewed April 18, 2016 (David Quammen; B.A., 1970, English, Yale University; B. Litt., 1973, English, University of Oxford; author of novel, written at age 22, To walk the line; author, The song of the dodo, The reluctant Mr. Darwin, and Spillover) Wikipedia, May 23, 2019: (David Quammen; born in Cincinnati, Ohio)
Associated language	eng