David Quammen

Ronan Donovan

David Quammen an American author and journalist whose 19th book is "Devil on the Run," being released the weekend of our festival. It had its origin 18 years ago with a cover story Quammen did for Harper's Magazine. In it, he explored a contagious tumor that had decimated the population of Tasmanian devils in Australia. Lessons learned have since led to new ways of treating cancer in humans.

Quammen’s work has appeared also in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Outside, Rolling Stone, and The New York Review of Books.  In September, he became a science columnist for The New York Times.

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Awards: Guggenheim Fellow, PEN Literary Award, National Book Award Finalist. National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Premio Merck. National Magazine Award (three times).

Books:

The Devil On The Run

The Strange Case of a Contagious Tumor, an Endangered Animal, and a Radical New Strategy Against Cancer
Science / Medicine / Technology
Simon & Schuster
March 2027
ISBN 9781982142537
0 pages