Author

Simon Winchester

26 books, mostly history, for Harper and William Collins, 1999–2025

Simon Winchester is a British-American author, journalist, and broadcaster who began his writing career as a reporter for The Guardian, covering events including the Troubles in Northern Ireland and Watergate. He later became a travel writer and editor for publications including Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic, and Smithsonian. Since the success of The Professor and the Madman in 1998, he has focused primarily on bestselling narrative nonfiction about history, science, geography, technology, and exploration.