JON KRAKAUER is the author of eight books, including Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Missoula. Raised in Corvallis, Oregon, he graduated from Hampshire College in 1976, after which he worked as a carpenter, then as a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska before embarking on a career as a writer. In 1999 he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. According to the award citation, “Krakauer combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer.”
Jon Krakauer's featured book is: 'Under the Banner of Heaven'
If you purchase a festival ticket (on the SFLF website) that is INCLUSIVE of the author's featured book, you will receive that book upon check-in for that event at the festival.
If you purchase the book directly through Collected Works, your book will be available for pickup at 202 Galisteo St (inside the brick and mortar bookstore, including during the festival).
