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November 27, 2011
Simon Winchester
Author, "Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories"
Simon Winchester BIO:
CURRENTLY:
·Author, "Atlantic"

PREVIOUSLY:
·Foreign Correspondent, The Guardian, 1969-1977l
·Chief Foreign Feature Writer, The Sunday Times 1977-1985
·Freelance Writer, 1985-1996
·Field Geologist, Falconbridge of Africa 1968

EDUCATION:
·Oxford University , England - Degree in Geology (1966)

BOOKS:
·The Alice Behind Wonderland (2011)
·The Man Who Loved China (2008)
·A Crack in the Edge of the World (2005)
·Simon Winchester's Calcutta (2004)
·The Professor and the Madman (1998)
·Complete Listing of Books at simonwinchester.com

PERSONAL:
·Married to Setsuko, 3 children


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Info: This week on Q&A, bestselling author Simon Winchester discusses the paperback release of his latest historical narrative, “Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories.” He explains his mission for writing this sweeping history of one of the world’s great oceans. In addition, Winchester reviews details of a recent cross country trip which replicated the transcontinental motor convoy young Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower volunteered for in 1919. This journey later prompted President Eisenhower to propose the Interstate highway system in 1956. Winchester talks about his formative years as a reporter, and his subsequent years as a freelance writer and author. On July 4, 2011, in a ceremony conducted on the deck of the USS Constitution in Boston harbor, Simon was naturalized as an American citizen. He describes why he did this and what it means to him. He shares his writing and research habits, along with a discussion of future projects.

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