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'''David Quammen''' (born February 24, 1948) is an American [[Science journalist|science]], [[Nature writing|nature]], and [[travel writer]] and the author of fifteen books. His articles have appeared in ''[[Outside (magazine)|Outside Magazine]]'', ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'', ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', and other periodicals.
'''David Quammen''' (born February 24, 1948) is an American writer focusing on [[science writing|science]], [[nature writing|nature]], and [[travel writing|travel]]. He is the author of fifteen books. Quammen's articles have appeared in ''[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]]'', ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'', ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', and other periodicals. He is also a science communicator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/david-quammen/|title=Quammen, David|language=IT}}</ref>


A collection of David Quammen's drafts, research, and correspondence is housed in [[Texas Tech University]]’s Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. The collection consists of approximately 63 boxes of publicly available literary production, artifacts, maps, and other papers dated between 1856-2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|url=https://swco.ttu.edu/Sowell/DavidQuammen.php|access-date=2021-11-08|website=swco.ttu.edu}}</ref>
A collection of Quammen's drafts, research, and correspondence is housed in [[Texas Tech University]]'s Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. The collection consists of approximately 63 boxes of publicly available literary production, artifacts, maps, and other papers dated from 1856–2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|url=https://swco.ttu.edu/Sowell/DavidQuammen.php|access-date=2021-11-08|website=swco.ttu.edu}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
David Quammen was born on February 24, 1948 to W.A. and Mary Quammen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quammen, David 1948- {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/quammen-david-1948|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> He was raised in the suburbs of [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] and graduated from [[St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati)|St. Xavier High School]] in 1966. Following this, he was awarded the [[Rhodes Scholarship]], aiding him in attending and graduating from [[Yale University|Yale]]. During his graduate studies at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], he studied literature, concentrating on the works of [[William Faulkner]]. After the completion of his education and the publication of his first novel, he relocated to Bozeman, Montana, where he currently lives with his wife, Betsy Gaines Quammen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen fiction and non-fictions science writer. Author of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.davidquammen.com}}</ref>
David Quammen was born on February 24, 1948, to W.A. and Mary Quammen.<ref name="enc">{{Cite web|title=Quammen, David 1948- {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/quammen-david-1948|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> He was raised in the suburbs of [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], and graduated from [[St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati)|St. Xavier High School]] in 1966. He attended and graduated from Yale University. In 1970 he was awarded a [[Rhodes Scholarship]], enabling him to study at [[University of Oxford]].


During his graduate work at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], he studied literature, concentrating on the works of American writer [[William Faulkner]]. After completing his education and publishing his first novel, he relocated to Bozeman, Montana. He has continued to live there with his wife, Betsy (Gaines) Quammen,<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen fiction and non-fictions science writer. Author of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.davidquammen.com}}</ref> a conservation activist.<ref name = "enc"/>
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== Career ==
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In the early 1970s, Quammen moved to Montana for [[trout]] fishing. In 1983, he finished ''The Soul of Viktor Tronko'', a spy novel based on Russian historical events. A year later, ''Blood Line: Stories of Fathers and Sons'' was published. Following the failure of his spy novel, Quammen began transitioning into a nonfiction writer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen's Biography.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/bio|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.davidquammen.com}}</ref>


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== Career ==
In 1981, Quammen began writing columns for [[Outside (magazine)|Outside Magazine]], and continued for fifteen years. Some of the columns from Outside Magazine and others contributed to Quammen's nonfiction books: ''Natural Acts'' (1985), ''The Flight of the Iguana'' (1988), ''Wild Thoughts from Wild Places'' (1998), and ''The Boilerplate Rhino'' (2000).<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen's Biography.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/bio|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.davidquammen.com}}</ref>
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In the early 1970s, Quammen moved to Montana for [[trout]] fishing. In 1983, he finished ''The Soul of Viktor Tronko'', a spy novel based on Russian historical events. A year later, the story collection ''Blood Line: Stories of Fathers and Sons'' was published. Following the commercial failure of his fictional works, Quammen began transitioning into a nonfiction writer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen's Biography.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/bio|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.davidquammen.com|date=19 March 2013 }}</ref>


Later in 1999, Quammen began to write a series of three stories following J. Michael Fay's 2000-mile hike through Central Africa for [[National Geographic|''National Geographic'']]. During this time, Quammen walked with Fay for eight weeks along African river basins. Quammen continued working with National Geographic, holding a Contributing Writer position, producing cover stories like "Was Darwin Wrong?" and "The Short Happy Life of a Serengeti Lion."<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen's Biography.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/bio|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.davidquammen.com}}</ref>
In 1981, Quammen began writing columns for [[Outside (magazine)|Outside Magazine]], and continued for fifteen years. Some of the columns from Outside Magazine and others contributed to Quammen's nonfiction books: ''Natural Acts'' (1985), ''The Flight of the Iguana'' (1988), ''Wild Thoughts from Wild Places'' (1998), and ''The Boilerplate Rhino'' (2000).<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen's Biography.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/bio|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.davidquammen.com|date=19 March 2013 }}</ref>


From 2007 to 2009, Quammen was employed as the Wallace Stegner Professor of Western American Studies at [[Montana State University]]. Quammen received honorary doctorates from Montana State University and [[Colorado College]]. For his work, Quammen was awarded with a [[Rhodes Scholarship]], a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]], and a [[Lannan Literary Awards|Lannan Literary Award]] for nonfiction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen's Biography.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/bio|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.davidquammen.com}}</ref>
Later in 1999, Quammen began to write a series of three stories following [[J. Michael Fay]]'s 2000-mile hike through Central Africa for ''[[National Geographic]]''. During this time, Quammen walked with Fay for eight weeks along African river basins. Quammen continued working with National Geographic, holding a Contributing Writer position, producing cover stories like "Was Darwin Wrong?" and "The Short Happy Life of a Serengeti Lion."<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen's Biography.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/bio|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.davidquammen.com|date=19 March 2013 }}</ref>


From 2007 to 2009, Quammen was employed as the Wallace Stegner Professor of Western American Studies at [[Montana State University]]. Quammen received honorary doctorates from Montana State University and [[Colorado College]]. For his work, Quammen was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1988<ref name="Guggenheim88">{{cite web | title=David Quammen – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation… | website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation… | url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/david-quammen/ | access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>, and a [[Lannan Literary Awards|Lannan Literary Award]] for nonfiction in 1997<ref name="Lannan97">{{cite web | title=David Quammen | website=Lannan Foundation | date=26 July 2022 | url=https://lannan.org/bios/david-quammen | access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Quammen's Biography.|url=https://www.davidquammen.com/bio|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.davidquammen.com|date=19 March 2013 }}</ref>
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His book ''[[Spillover (book)|Spillover]]'' received two awards: the Science and Society Book Award, given by the [[National Association of Science Writers]], and the Society of Biology (UK) Book Award in General Biology. In 2013, Quammen's book ''Spillover'' was shortlisted for the [[PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award]].<ref>{{cite web|title=PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award ($10,000) - PEN America|url=http://www.pen.org/content/pene-o-wilson-literary-science-writing-award-10000|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> ''The Song of the Dodo'' (Scribner, 1996), a study of the bird's extinction won the [[John Burroughs Medal]] for nature writing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|url=https://swco.ttu.edu/Sowell/DavidQuammen.php|access-date=2021-11-08|website=swco.ttu.edu}}</ref>


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His book ''[[Spillover (book)|Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic]]'' (2012) received two awards: the 2013 [[Science in Society Journalism Awards|Science in Society Book Award]], given by the [[National Association of Science Writers]], and the [[Royal Society of Biology]] (UK) Book Award in General Biology<ref name="RSB2013">{{cite web | title=2013 Book Awards Winners | website=Royal Society of Biology | url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/rsb-awards/book-awards/2013-book-award-winners | access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>. In 2013, ''Spillover'' was shortlisted for the [[PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award]].<ref>{{cite web|title=PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award ($10,000) - PEN America|url=http://www.pen.org/content/pene-o-wilson-literary-science-writing-award-10000|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405061155/http://www.pen.org/content/pene-o-wilson-literary-science-writing-award-10000|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Song of the Dodo'' (Scribner, 1996), a study of the bird's extinction won the [[John Burroughs Medal]] for nature writing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|url=https://swco.ttu.edu/Sowell/DavidQuammen.php|access-date=2021-11-08|website=swco.ttu.edu}}</ref>
== Bibliography ==
{{Expand list|date=November 2021}}


== Books ==
===Non-fiction===
===Non-fiction===
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?528071-1/depth-david-quammen ''In Depth'' interview with Quammen, June 4, 2023], [[C-SPAN]]| video2 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?178532-1/monster-god-man-eating-predator Presentation by Quammen on ''Monster of God'', September 30, 2003], [[C-SPAN]]| video3 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?308799-1/spillover Presentation by Quammen on ''Spillover'', October 12, 2012], [[C-SPAN]]| video4 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?451138-2/the-tangled-tree Presentation by Quammen on ''The Tangled Tree'', September 11, 2018], [[C-SPAN]]| video5 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?523660-1/breathless Presentation by Quammen on ''Breathless'', October 25, 2022], [[C-SPAN]]| video6 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?526138-6/breathless-scientific-race-defeat-deadly-virus Presentation by Quammen on ''Breathless'', February 18, 2023], [[C-SPAN]]}}

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* Quammen, David. ''Natural Acts: a Sidelong View of Science and Nature''. New York: [[Schocken Books]], 1985.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Flight of the Iguana: a Sidelong View of Science and Nature''. New York: [[Delacorte Press]], 1988.
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* Quammen, David. "Miracle of the Geese." ''Words from the Land: Encounters with Natural History Writing''. Salt Lake City: [[Peregrine Smith Book|Peregrine Smith Books]], 1988.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions''. New York: [[Scribner's Magazine|Scribner]], 1996.
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* Quammen, David. ''Wild Thoughts From Wild Places''. New York: Scribner, 1999.
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* Quammen, David, ed. ''[[Best American Science and Nature Writing]]''. Boston: [[Mariner Books]], 2000.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder''. New York: Scribner, 2001.
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* Quammen, David. ''Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind''. New York, [[W. W. Norton & Company|W. W. Norton]], 2003.
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* Quammen, David. ''Alexis Rockman.'' New York: [[Monacelli Press]], 2004.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution''. New York: [[W. W. Norton & Company|W. W. Norton]], 2006.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.
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* Quammen, David. ''[[Spillover (book)|Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic]].'' New York: Norton, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-393-06680-7}}
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* Quammen, David. ''Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus.'' New York: Norton, 2014.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Chimp and the River: How AIDS emerged from an African Forest.'' New York: Norton, 2015.
* Quammen, David. ''Yellowstone: A Journey Through America's Wild Heart.'' [[National Geographic]], 2016.
* Quammen, David. ''The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life.'' New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019.
* Quammen, David. ''The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life.'' New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019.
* Quammen, David. ''Yellowstone: A Journey Through America’s Wild Heart.'' National Geographic, 2016.
* Quammen, David. ''Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus.'' New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Chimp and the River: How AIDS emerged from an African Forest.'' New York: Norton, 2015.
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* Quammen, David. ''Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus.'' New York: Norton, 2014.
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* Quammen, David. ''Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic.'' New York: Norton, 2012.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution''. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006.
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* Quammen, David. ''Alexis Rockman.'' New York: Monacelli Press, 2004.
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* Quammen, David. ''Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind''. New York, W. W. Norton, 2003.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder''. New York: Scribner, 2001.
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* Quammen, David, ed. ''Best American Science and Nature Writing''. Boston: Mariner Books, 2000.
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* Quammen, David. ''Wild Thoughts From Wild Places''. New York: Scribner, 1999.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions''. New York: Scribner, 1996.
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* Quammen, David. "Miracle of the Geese." ''Words from the Land: Encounters with Natural History Writing''. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1988.
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* Quammen, David. ''The Flight of the Iguana: a Sidelong View of Science and Nature''. New York: Delacorte Press, 1988.
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* Quammen, David. ''Natural Acts: a Sidelong View of Science and Nature''. New York: Schocken Books, 1985.


===Fiction===
===Fiction===
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*Quammen, David. "Walking Out,'" short story, 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|url=https://swco.ttu.edu/Sowell/DavidQuammen.php|access-date=2021-11-22|website=swco.ttu.edu}}</ref>
*Quammen, David. ''Blood Line: Stories of Father and Sons''. Boulder: Johnson Books, 1988.
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*Quammen, David. ''The Zolta Configuration''. New York: [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday Books]], 1983.
*Quammen, David. ''To Walk the Line.'' New York: [[Pocket Books]], 1985.
*Quammen, David. ''The Soul of Viktor Tronko''. New York: Dell,1987.
*Quammen, David. ''The Soul of Viktor Tronko''. New York: Dell,1987.
*Quammen, David. ''To Walk the Line.'' New York: Pocket Books, 1985.
*Quammen, David. ''Blood Line: Stories of Father and Sons''. Boulder: Johnson Books, 1988.
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*Quammen, David. ''The Zolta Configuration''. New York: Doubleday Books, 1983.
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*Quammen, David. ''Walking Out,'' 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|url=https://swco.ttu.edu/Sowell/DavidQuammen.php|access-date=2021-11-22|website=swco.ttu.edu}}</ref>


==Awards and accolades==
==Awards and accolades==


*1970 [[Rhodes Scholarship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/about/rhodes-scholars/rhodes-scholars-complete-list|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106034818/http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/about/rhodes-scholars/rhodes-scholars-complete-list|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2013|title=Rhodes Scholars: Complete List, 1903-2013 - The Rhodes Scholarships|date=6 November 2013|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1970 [[Rhodes Scholarship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/about/rhodes-scholars/rhodes-scholars-complete-list|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106034818/http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/about/rhodes-scholars/rhodes-scholars-complete-list|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2013|title=Rhodes Scholars: Complete List, 1903-2013 - The Rhodes Scholarships|date=6 November 2013|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1987 [[National Magazine Award]]<ref name=nma>{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/winners-finalists?field_award_category_tid=All&field_award_w_or_f_value=All&field_article_author_value=quammen&field_award_year_value&#91;min&#93;&field_award_year_value&#91;max&#93;&title=&field_award_editor_value=&order=field_award_w_or_f&sort=desc|title=Winners and Finalists Database - ASME|website=www.magazine.org|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1987 [[National Magazine Award]]<ref name=nma>{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/winners-finalists?field_award_category_tid=All&field_award_w_or_f_value=All&field_article_author_value=quammen&field_award_year_value&#91;min&#93;&field_award_year_value&#91;max&#93;&title=&field_award_editor_value=&order=field_award_w_or_f&sort=desc|title=Winners and Finalists Database - ASME|website=www.magazine.org|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233701/http://www.magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/winners-finalists?field_award_category_tid=All&field_award_w_or_f_value=All&field_article_author_value=quammen&field_award_year_value%5Bmin%5D&field_award_year_value%5Bmax%5D&title=&field_award_editor_value=&order=field_award_w_or_f&sort=desc|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1988 [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/all?index=q|title=All Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1988 [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/all?index=q|title=All Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1994 [[National Magazine Award]]<ref name=nma/>
*1994 [[National Magazine Award]]<ref name=nma/>
*1996 Academy Award in Literature from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]<ref>[http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Academy American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013232000/http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Academy |date=2008-10-13 }}</ref>
*1996 Academy Award in Literature from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]<ref>[http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Academy American Academy of Arts and Letters – Award Winners<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013232000/http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Academy |date=2008-10-13 }}</ref>
*1996 [[Natural World Book Prize]]<ref>[http://home.comcast.net/~netaylor1/naturalworld.html Bp Natural World Book Prize<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025162013/http://home.comcast.net/~netaylor1/naturalworld.html |date=2012-10-25 }}</ref>
*1996 [[Natural World Book Prize]]<ref>[http://home.comcast.net/~netaylor1/naturalworld.html Bp Natural World Book Prize<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025162013/http://home.comcast.net/~netaylor1/naturalworld.html |date=2012-10-25 }}</ref>
*1997 [[Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awards/book-award-for-journalism/past-winners|title=Past Winners of The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism|website=The New York Public Library|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1997 [[Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awards/book-award-for-journalism/past-winners|title=Past Winners of The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism|website=The New York Public Library|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1997 [[Lannan Foundation]] Fellowship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lannan.org/literary/detail/david-quammen|title=Lannan Foundation|website=Lannan Foundation|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1997 [[Lannan Foundation]] Fellowship<ref name="Lannan97"/>
*1997 [[John Burroughs Medal]] for [[nature writing]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/medal_award_list.html|title=JBA Medal Award List|website=research.amnh.org|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*1997 [[John Burroughs Medal]] for [[nature writing]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/medal_award_list.html|title=JBA Medal Award List|website=research.amnh.org|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*2000 Honorary doctorate from [[Montana State University System|Montana State University]]<ref>[http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4110 MSU News Service - New Stegner professor to hit the ground running<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820020652/http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4110 |date=2007-08-20 }}</ref>
*2000 Honorary doctorate from [[Montana State University System|Montana State University]]<ref>[http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4110 MSU News Service – New Stegner professor to hit the ground running<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820020652/http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4110 |date=2007-08-20 }}</ref>
*2001 [[PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay]] for ''The Boilerplate Rhino''<ref>[http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/891 PEN American Center - 2001 Winners<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626141340/https://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/891 |date=2012-06-26 }}</ref>
*2001 [[PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay]] for ''The Boilerplate Rhino''<ref>[http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/891 PEN American Center – 2001 Winners<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626141340/https://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/891 |date=2012-06-26 }}</ref>
*2005 [[National Magazine Award]]<ref name=nma/>
*2005 [[National Magazine Award]]<ref name=nma/>
*2009 Honorary doctorate from [[Colorado College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/academic-events-committee/honorary-degrees/recipients.dot|title=Recipients • Academic Events Committee Colorado College|website=www.coloradocollege.edu|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
*2009 Honorary doctorate from [[Colorado College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/academic-events-committee/honorary-degrees/recipients.dot|title=Recipients • Academic Events Committee Colorado College|website=www.coloradocollege.edu|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318031139/http://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/academic-events-committee/honorary-degrees/recipients.dot|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2012 [[The Stephen Jay Gould Prize]] from the [[Society for the Study of Evolution]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evolutionsociety.org/awards.asp|title=Society for the Study of Evolution|website=www.evolutionsociety.org|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922164222/http://www.evolutionsociety.org/awards.asp|archive-date=22 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2012 [[The Stephen Jay Gould Prize]] from the [[Society for the Study of Evolution]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evolutionsociety.org/awards.asp|title=Society for the Study of Evolution|website=www.evolutionsociety.org|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922164222/http://www.evolutionsociety.org/awards.asp|archive-date=22 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2013 [[Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction]], finalist for ''Spillover''<ref name=bl2013>{{cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=6266887&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |title=Richard Ford and Timothy Egan Win Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. |work=[[Booklist]] |author=Bill Ott |date=June 30, 2013 |access-date=March 17, 2014}}</ref><ref name=lj2013>{{cite web |url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/07/ala/2013-andrew-carnegie-medals-for-excellence-in-fiction-and-nonfiction-ala-2013/ |title=2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction |work=[[Library Journal]] |author=Annalisa Pesek |date=July 3, 2013 |access-date=March 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318032016/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/07/ala/2013-andrew-carnegie-medals-for-excellence-in-fiction-and-nonfiction-ala-2013/ |archive-date=March 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=pw2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/56920-ala-unveils-2013-finalists-for-andrew-carnegie-medals.html |title=ALA Unveils 2013 Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=April 22, 2013 |access-date=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
*2013 [[Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction]], finalist for ''Spillover''<ref name=bl2013>{{cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=6266887&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |title=Richard Ford and Timothy Egan Win Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. |via=[[Booklist]] |author=Bill Ott |date=June 30, 2013 |access-date=March 17, 2014}}</ref><ref name=lj2013>{{cite web |url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/07/ala/2013-andrew-carnegie-medals-for-excellence-in-fiction-and-nonfiction-ala-2013/ |title=2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction |work=[[Library Journal]] |author=Annalisa Pesek |date=July 3, 2013 |access-date=March 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318032016/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/07/ala/2013-andrew-carnegie-medals-for-excellence-in-fiction-and-nonfiction-ala-2013/ |archive-date=March 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=pw2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/56920-ala-unveils-2013-finalists-for-andrew-carnegie-medals.html |title=ALA Unveils 2013 Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=April 22, 2013 |access-date=March 17, 2014}}</ref>


==See also==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tturb/00159/trb-00159.html Author papers at Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University]
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tturb/00159/trb-00159.html Author papers at Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgsqfGssMF4 Video: David Quammen discussing ''Spillover'', September 2012]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgsqfGssMF4 Video: David Quammen discussing ''Spillover'', September 2012]
*[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/05/802938289/new-coronavirus-wont-be-the-last-outbreak-to-move-from-animal-to-human NPR 'Fresh Air' interview New Coronavirus 'Won't Be The Last' Outbreak To Move From Animal To Human, Feb 5, 2020]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93049810 From the NPR Radio Show, Krulwich on Science, titled "Three Nice Things We Can Say About Mosquitoes", July 30, 2008]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93049810 From the NPR Radio Show, Krulwich on Science, titled "Three Nice Things We Can Say About Mosquitoes", July 30, 2008]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92059646 From the NPR Radio Show the Bryant Park Project interview about his book "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin" on July 1, 2008]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92059646 From the NPR Radio Show the Bryant Park Project interview about his book "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin" on July 1, 2008]
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David Quammen
Born (1948-02-24) February 24, 1948 (age 76)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater
GenreNon-fiction
SpouseBetsy Gaines Quammen
Website
davidquammen.com

David Quammen (born February 24, 1948) is an American writer focusing on science, nature, and travel. He is the author of fifteen books. Quammen's articles have appeared in Outside, National Geographic, Harper's Magazine, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and other periodicals. He is also a science communicator.[2]

A collection of Quammen's drafts, research, and correspondence is housed in Texas Tech University's Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. The collection consists of approximately 63 boxes of publicly available literary production, artifacts, maps, and other papers dated from 1856–2014.[3]

Early life and education

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David Quammen was born on February 24, 1948, to W.A. and Mary Quammen.[4] He was raised in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1966. He attended and graduated from Yale University. In 1970 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, enabling him to study at University of Oxford.

During his graduate work at Oxford, he studied literature, concentrating on the works of American writer William Faulkner. After completing his education and publishing his first novel, he relocated to Bozeman, Montana. He has continued to live there with his wife, Betsy (Gaines) Quammen,[5] a conservation activist.[4]

Career

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In the early 1970s, Quammen moved to Montana for trout fishing. In 1983, he finished The Soul of Viktor Tronko, a spy novel based on Russian historical events. A year later, the story collection Blood Line: Stories of Fathers and Sons was published. Following the commercial failure of his fictional works, Quammen began transitioning into a nonfiction writer.[6]

In 1981, Quammen began writing columns for Outside Magazine, and continued for fifteen years. Some of the columns from Outside Magazine and others contributed to Quammen's nonfiction books: Natural Acts (1985), The Flight of the Iguana (1988), Wild Thoughts from Wild Places (1998), and The Boilerplate Rhino (2000).[7]

Later in 1999, Quammen began to write a series of three stories following J. Michael Fay's 2000-mile hike through Central Africa for National Geographic. During this time, Quammen walked with Fay for eight weeks along African river basins. Quammen continued working with National Geographic, holding a Contributing Writer position, producing cover stories like "Was Darwin Wrong?" and "The Short Happy Life of a Serengeti Lion."[8]

From 2007 to 2009, Quammen was employed as the Wallace Stegner Professor of Western American Studies at Montana State University. Quammen received honorary doctorates from Montana State University and Colorado College. For his work, Quammen was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988[9], and a Lannan Literary Award for nonfiction in 1997[10].[11]

His book Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (2012) received two awards: the 2013 Science in Society Book Award, given by the National Association of Science Writers, and the Royal Society of Biology (UK) Book Award in General Biology[12]. In 2013, Spillover was shortlisted for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.[13] The Song of the Dodo (Scribner, 1996), a study of the bird's extinction won the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing.[14]

Books

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Non-fiction

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External videos
video icon In Depth interview with Quammen, June 4, 2023, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Quammen on Monster of God, September 30, 2003, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Quammen on Spillover, October 12, 2012, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Quammen on The Tangled Tree, September 11, 2018, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Quammen on Breathless, October 25, 2022, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Quammen on Breathless, February 18, 2023, C-SPAN
  • Quammen, David. Natural Acts: a Sidelong View of Science and Nature. New York: Schocken Books, 1985.
  • Quammen, David. The Flight of the Iguana: a Sidelong View of Science and Nature. New York: Delacorte Press, 1988.
  • Quammen, David. "Miracle of the Geese." Words from the Land: Encounters with Natural History Writing. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1988.
  • Quammen, David. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions. New York: Scribner, 1996.
  • Quammen, David. Wild Thoughts From Wild Places. New York: Scribner, 1999.
  • Quammen, David, ed. Best American Science and Nature Writing. Boston: Mariner Books, 2000.
  • Quammen, David. The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder. New York: Scribner, 2001.
  • Quammen, David. Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind. New York, W. W. Norton, 2003.
  • Quammen, David. Alexis Rockman. New York: Monacelli Press, 2004.
  • Quammen, David. The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006.
  • Quammen, David. The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.
  • Quammen, David. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. New York: Norton, 2012. ISBN 978-0-393-06680-7
  • Quammen, David. Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus. New York: Norton, 2014.
  • Quammen, David. The Chimp and the River: How AIDS emerged from an African Forest. New York: Norton, 2015.
  • Quammen, David. Yellowstone: A Journey Through America's Wild Heart. National Geographic, 2016.
  • Quammen, David. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019.
  • Quammen, David. Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Fiction

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  • Quammen, David. "Walking Out,'" short story, 1980.[15]
  • Quammen, David. The Zolta Configuration. New York: Doubleday Books, 1983.
  • Quammen, David. To Walk the Line. New York: Pocket Books, 1985.
  • Quammen, David. The Soul of Viktor Tronko. New York: Dell,1987.
  • Quammen, David. Blood Line: Stories of Father and Sons. Boulder: Johnson Books, 1988.

Awards and accolades

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "How Rhodes Scholars Think: Interview with David Quammen", rhodesscholars.wordpress.com, October 17, 2007
  2. ^ "Quammen, David" (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library". swco.ttu.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  4. ^ a b "Quammen, David 1948- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  5. ^ "David Quammen fiction and non-fictions science writer. Author of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic". www.davidquammen.com. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  6. ^ "David Quammen's Biography". www.davidquammen.com. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  7. ^ "David Quammen's Biography". www.davidquammen.com. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  8. ^ "David Quammen's Biography". www.davidquammen.com. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  9. ^ "David Quammen – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  10. ^ a b "David Quammen". Lannan Foundation. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  11. ^ "David Quammen's Biography". www.davidquammen.com. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  12. ^ "2013 Book Awards Winners". Royal Society of Biology. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  13. ^ "PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award ($10,000) - PEN America". Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library". swco.ttu.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  15. ^ "Texas Tech University :: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library". swco.ttu.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  16. ^ "Rhodes Scholars: Complete List, 1903-2013 - The Rhodes Scholarships". 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  17. ^ a b c "Winners and Finalists Database - ASME". www.magazine.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  18. ^ "All Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  19. ^ American Academy of Arts and Letters – Award Winners Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Bp Natural World Book Prize Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ "Past Winners of The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  22. ^ "JBA Medal Award List". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  23. ^ MSU News Service – New Stegner professor to hit the ground running Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ PEN American Center – 2001 Winners Archived 2012-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ "Recipients • Academic Events Committee Colorado College". www.coloradocollege.edu. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  26. ^ "Society for the Study of Evolution". www.evolutionsociety.org. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  27. ^ Bill Ott (June 30, 2013). Richard Ford and Timothy Egan Win Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Retrieved March 17, 2014 – via Booklist.
  28. ^ Annalisa Pesek (July 3, 2013). "2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". Library Journal. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  29. ^ "ALA Unveils 2013 Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals". Publishers Weekly. April 22, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
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