Peter King Lourie (born in

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

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) is an author of nonfiction books for adults and children.

Biography

Born in

Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851, making it the List of municipalities in Michigan, fifth-most populous cit ...

, Lourie graduated from Collegiate School in New York City. He received his bachelor's degree in classics from

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institutio ...

, an MA in English Literature at the

University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universitie ...

, and an MFA in nonfiction writing at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. He has taught at Columbia College, University of Vermont, University of Maine, and

Middlebury College Middlebury College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalists, Middlebury w ...

where he taught environmental and adventure/travel writing & digital storytelling. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and in 2019 was elected a Fellow at the Explorers Club. Lourie is married with two children.

Bibliography

*''Locked in Ice! Nansen’s Daring Quest for the North Pole'' *''Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush'' *''The Polar Bear Scientists'' (Scientists in the Field series) *''The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species'' (Scientists in the Field series) *''Writing to Explore: Discovering Adventure in the Research Paper, 3-8'' *''Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist'' (Scientists in the Field series) *''On the Texas Trail of Cabeza de Vaca'' *''Arctic Thaw: The People of the Whale in a Changing Climate'' *''Hidden World of the

Aztec The Aztecs ( ) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the Post-Classic stage, post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central ...

'' *''Lost Treasures of the

Inca The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca ...

'' *''The Mystery of the

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

'' *''First Dive to Shark Dive'' *''The Lost World of the

Anasazi The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as Ancestral Pueblo peoples or the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture of Pueblo peoples spanning the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southea ...

'' *''Tierra del Fuego: A Journey to the End of the Earth'' *''Amazon: A Journey Through the Last Frontier'' *''On the Trail of

Lewis and Clark Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohe ...

: A journey up the Missouri River'' *''Erie Canal: Canoeing America's Great Waterway'' *''

Everglades The Everglades is a natural region of flooded grasslands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The system begins near Orlando with the K ...

: Buffalo Tiger and the River of Grass'' *''

Hudson River The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...

: An Adventure from the Mountains to the Sea'' *''

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...

: A journey Down the Father of Waters'' *''Rio Grande: From the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico'' *''On the Trail of Sacagawea'' *''

Yukon River The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. From its source in British Columbia, it flows through Canada's territory of Yukon (itself named after the river). The lower half of the river continues westward through the U.S ...

: An Adventure to the Gold Fields of the Klondike'' *''The Lost Treasure of Captain Kid'' (novel) *''River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson'' (nonfiction for adults) *''Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon: A Chronicle of an Incan Treasure'' (nonfiction for adults)

External links

Official websiteArctic Stories website
1952 births Writers from Ann Arbor, Michigan Living people New York University alumni University of Maine alumni Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Middlebury College faculty {{US-writer-stub