peter lourie

Peter Lourie has written many award-winning nonfiction books for young readers including Jack London and the Klondike Goldrush and Locked in Ice: Nansen’s Daring Quest for the North Pole. A true adventurer, he has traveled all over the world to research his subjects—from the cloud forest of Ecuador in search of Inca treasure, to Lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya on the Ethiopian border, to Tierra del Fuego, and the jungles of Rondonia, Brazil. He lives in Vermont with his family. peterlourie.com