I’ve met many Holocaust survivors who find the era infinitely compelling because they have this deep hunger to understand how it all could possibly have happened. Erik Larson Read Quote
My office is tiny. I think most people would be shocked if they came to my home and saw it. It is, in fact, the former makeup room of a gorgeous local TV newscaster. I keep a neat desk. Clutter makes me anxious. Erik Larson Read Quote
What drove me to do ‘Dead Wake’ was that after doing the most preliminary of reading and scoping out what kinds of materials might be available in archives and so forth, I realized that this book – the research, the writing – would present me with a rare opportunity to explore to a full extent the potential for suspense in a nonfiction work. Erik Larson Read Quote
My goal is to produce as rich and historical an experience for the reader as I possibly can, to the point where when somebody finishes reading the book, he or she emerges from it with a sense of having lived in the past. Erik Larson Read Quote
I’m often associated with parallel narratives or dual narratives. The ‘Devil in the White City’ was a fluke. Erik Larson Read Quote
My life! That’s a long story, too. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, like half of the world, I think. Erik Larson Read Quote
I figured I was going to apply to one journalism school and let fate take a hand. Erik Larson Read Quote
I was in Bucks County at the ‘Bucks County Currier Times,’ which is a great place to start for any reporter who wants to start out. Erik Larson Read Quote
The toilet from time to time imparted to the boat the scent of a cholera hospital and could be flushed only when the U-boat was on the surface or at shallow depths, lest the undersea pressure blow material back into the vessel. Erik Larson Read Quote
I was once again looking for a book idea, and I remembered Holmes, but I specifically remembered that there was this World’s Fair thing in the background. I thought, ‘I’ll read about the fair.’ I had nothing better to do. I’d dismissed about a dozen ideas, and I was getting sort of antsy. I started reading, and that’s where I got hooked. Erik Larson Read Quote
