
David Grann
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David Grann
@DavidGrann
Author of The Wager; Killers of the Flower Moon; Lost City of Z; White Darkness. Also New Yorker staff writer. Find me also at @davidgrann.bsky.social



History Alert: What happened to Nobel's oil empire in Russia? Incredible story in the new book here: shorturl.at/oLWCA [video credit to my beautiful wife]



NEWS: My new book is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage 1/4

A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD is out now! Haley Cohen Gilliland delivers the epic true story of a group of courageous grandmothers who fought to find their grandchildren who were stolen while Argentina was under the control of a military junta. “[An] astonishing story…Powerful…Harrowing…Absorbing and lucid…You would have to harden your heart to be unmoved by the Abuelas’ quest.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times “Inspiring…A triumphant saga of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the face of pure malevolence.” —Hampton Sides “Enthralling…Written with the nail-biting verve of a thriller.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Piercing, emotional...Will resonate for generations.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)