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Mark Kurlansky

Bio

Mark Kurlansky was born in Hartford, Connecticut. After receiving a BA in Theater from Butler University in 1970—and refusing to serve in the military—Kurlansky worked in New York as a playwright, having a number of off-off Broadway productions, and as a playwright-in-residence at Brooklyn College. He has worked many other jobs, including as a commercial fisherman, a dock worker, a paralegal, a cook, and a pastry chef. In the mid-1970s he turned to journalism, and from 1976 to 1991 he worked as a foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Based in Paris and then Mexico, he reported on Europe, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. His articles have appeared in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Time, The New York Times and many more. He has had 35 books published including fiction, nonfiction, and children's books. His books include Havana, Cod, Salt, Paper, The Basque History of the World, 1968, The Big Oyster, among other titles. He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Bon Appetit’s Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. He lives in New York City.

Mark Kurlansky Books

To Catch a Fish book cover

To Catch a Fish

Mark Kurlansky
The Boston Way book cover

The Boston Way

Mark Kurlansky
The Importance of Not Being Ernest book cover

The Importance of Not Being Ernest

Mark Kurlansky
The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing book cover

The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

Mark Kurlansky
Salmon book cover

Salmon

Mark Kurlansky
Bugs in Danger book cover

Bugs in Danger

Mark Kurlansky
Winterlust book cover

Winterlust

Bernd Brunner
World Without Fish book cover

World Without Fish

Mark Kurlansky
Milk! book cover

Milk!

Mark Kurlansky
Havana book cover

Havana

Mark Kurlansky
Paper book cover

Paper

Mark Kurlansky
City Beasts book cover

City Beasts

Mark Kurlansky
Frozen in Time (Adapted for Young Readers) book cover

Frozen in Time (Adapted for Young Readers)

Mark Kurlansky
The Oysters of Locmariaquer book cover

The Oysters of Locmariaquer

Eleanor Clark
Ready For a Brand New Beat book cover

Ready For a Brand New Beat

Mark Kurlansky
Gandhi on Non-Violence book cover

Gandhi on Non-Violence

Mahatma Gandhi
Choice Cuts book cover

Choice Cuts

Mark Kurlansky
Birdseye book cover

Birdseye

Mark Kurlansky
Las Estrellas Orientales book cover

Las Estrellas Orientales

Mark Kurlansky
Edible Stories book cover

Edible Stories

Mark Kurlansky
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