Dean King
American naval historian (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dean King (born 1962) is an American author of narrative non-fiction on adventure, historical and maritime subjects. His books include Skeletons on the Zahara (2004) and Unbound (2010), both published by Little, Brown. He is the author of companion books to Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series of novels and is the first biographer of O'Brian. In his biography, Patrick O'Brian: A Life (2000), which was excerpted in four full pages in The Daily Telegraph in London, King revealed that O'Brian was not really of Irish origin, as O'Brian claimed, and that he had changed his name by deed poll in London in 1945. King has also published articles in The New York Times, National Geographic Adventure, New York Magazine, Outside and other magazines and newspapers.[1]
Dean King | |
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Born | Dean H. King 1962 (age 61–62) Richmond, Virginia |
Occupation | Author, historian |
Language | English |
Education | University of North Carolina, B.A. New York University, M.A. |
Period | 1993–present |
Genre | Biography, history, non-fiction adventure, maritime |
Spouse | Jessica King |
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