Jon Krakauer

JPG image of John Krakauer sitting at his desk

"There's a huge amount of room for improvement in my writing. I want to write a book that makes people say 'That's a fucking great book,' like I do when I read someone like Updike. That would be pretty cool. Probably never happen, but it's something to shoot for."

Read a book review of Into the Wild by Gordan Young.
Try a profile/interview done by Paul Roberts of Outside magazine
Listen to an audio interview excerpt from the Charlie Rose Show on PBS. You will need to install on your computer. Or you may listen to the .wav file version.

JPG image of Christopher McCandless outside of the abandoned bus where he died. One of the last self-photographs of Chris McCandless before he died.