David Grann Parents: Meet Phyllis And Victor Grann
Ella Bryant David Grann Parents: Meet Phyllis And Victor Grann: David Grann, officially known as David Elliot Grann is an American journalist.
Born on March 10, 1967, in New York, Grann is best known as a staff writer for The New Yorker and a best-selling author.
He has worked with a number of organizations. In 1994, he was hired as a copy editor at The Hill and subsequently, became The Hill’s executive editor in 1995.
In 1996, Grann became a senior editor at The New Republic where he worked for a number of years before he joined The New Yorker in 2003 as a staff writer.
As a multifaceted author, his first book, “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon”, was published by Doubleday in February 2009
After “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon” first week of publication, it debuted on The New York Times bestseller list at No. 4 and later reached No.1.
Grann’s books include; “The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession”, published in 2010, and “Killers of the Flower Moon: An American Crime and the Birth of the FBI” was published in 2017.
“Killers of the Flower Moon: An American Crime and the Birth of the FBI” was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award and later became #1 on The New York Times bestseller list.
Grann has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Weekly Standard.
David Grann Parents: Meet Phyllis And Victor Grann
David Grann was born in New York to his parents; Phyllis E. Grann (mother) and Victor Grann (father).
His mother is a former book editor and publishing executive. She was the first female CEO of a major publishing firm, Penguin Putnam.
His father is an oncologist and Director of the Bennett Cancer Center in Stamford, Connecticut.
