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
Mark KurlanskyThe Boston Way
Mark KurlanskyThe Importance of Not Being Ernest
Mark KurlanskyThe Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing
Mark KurlanskyBugs in Danger
Mark KurlanskyWorld Without Fish
Mark KurlanskyCity Beasts
Mark KurlanskyFrozen in Time (Adapted for Young Readers)
Mark KurlanskyThe Oysters of Locmariaquer
Eleanor ClarkReady For a Brand New Beat
Mark KurlanskyGandhi on Non-Violence
Mahatma GandhiChoice Cuts
Mark KurlanskyLas Estrellas Orientales
Mark KurlanskyEdible Stories
Mark Kurlansky