Charles C. Mann is the author of 1493, a New York Times bestseller, and 1491, which received the Keck Award from the National Academy of Science. The co-author of five additional books, including a young readers’ version of 1491 called Before Columbus, Charles is a regular contributor to the Atlantic, Science, and Wired. He has covered science, technology, and commerce for publications such as National Geographic, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and the Washington Post. Charles has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award four times, and has won writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Margaret Sanger Foundation.
