David Quammen

American science author · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1948 · age 78

David Quammen 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.

David Quammen is read about 38 times a day, in 9 languages.

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2005“If you can repair your future child's myopia with preemptive genetic tinkering, you might also want to increase her I.Q. by a few dozen points.”In their wordsFebruary 2005"Clone Your Troubles Away: Dreaming at the Frontiers of Animal Husbandry", Harper's Magazine (February 2005)Read the whole statement

2001PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAward1997John Burroughs MedalAward1996“Raphus cucullatus had become rare unto death. But this one flesh-and-blood individual still lived.”In their wordsThe Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction (1996), p. 275.Read the whole statement

Natural World Book PrizeAward1988“People come into our lives and then they go out again. The entropy law, as applied to human relations.”In their wordsThe Flight of the Iguana, 1988Read the whole statement