Writing

Jon Krakauer

Born 1954-04-12 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction 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.

Known for

Into the Wild★ 7.8
Into the Wild
2007
Into Thin Air★ 5.5
Into Thin Air
1997
Meru★ 7.3
Meru
2015
Prophet's Prey★ 7.3
Prophet's Prey
2015
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013
An American Ascent
An American Ascent
2014