What is Erik Larson?
[[File:Erik Larson 03B.jpg|right|200px]] '''Erik Larson''' (born January 3, 1954) is an American journalist and author. He has written a number of bestsellers,<ref name= booklist>{{cite web|url=http://eriklarsonbooks.com/the-books/|website=Erik Larson: The Books|title=Erik Larson: Best-selling Author of ''In the Garden of Beasts''|access-date=May 25, 2012|archive-date=June 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614162912/http://eriklarsonbooks.com/the-books/|url-status=dead}}</ref> such as ''[[The Devil in the White City]]'' (2003). He won the 2004 [[Edgar Award]]. Larson was born in [[New York City]].<ref name=natbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2003_elarson.html|title=Erik Larson, 2003 National Book Award Finalist: Nonfiction, The National Book Foundation|date=2003|website=NationalBook.org|access-date=May 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213230539/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2003_elarson.html|archive-date=February 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * [http://www.identitytheory.com/interviews/birnbaum95.html Interview] at Identity Theory * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111029052737/http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/178161-1/Erik+Larson.aspx Interview on ''The Devil in the White City''], ''Booknotes'', 14 September 2003 *[https://www.npr.org/2011/05/09/135922322/william-dodd-the-u-s-ambassador-in-hitlers-berlin Interview with Larson about ''In the Garden of the Beasts''] on NPR's ''[[Fresh Air]]'' (May 9, 2011) *{{C-SPAN|Erik Larson}} **[http://www.c-span.org/video/?300399-1/qa-erik-larson C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Larson about ''In the Garden of the Beasts'', July 17, 2011] {{DEFAULTSORT:Larson, Erik}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:Journalists from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}