David Grann

David Grann is a #1 New York Times (NYT) bestselling author, an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker magazine, and a popular speaker. His book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI documented one of the most sinister crimes and racial injustices in US history ... . Killers of the Flower Moon was a finalist for the National Book Award and a winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award for best true crime book. A #1 NYT bestseller, Killers of the Flower Moon was named one of the best books of the year by the Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, Entertainment Weekly, and other publications. Amazon named it the single best book of the year, and so did Shelf Awareness. The story has been adapted into a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro, to be released in 2022. Grann’s first book, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, was #1 NYT bestseller and has been translated into more than 25 languages. The book was chosen as one of the best books of 2009 by the NYT, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and other publications. It won the Indies Choice award for the single best nonfiction book of the year. The Washington Post called it a “thrill ride from start to finish.” The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed film directed by James Gray and starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, and Tom Holland. read more