Jon Krakauer was born on April 12, 1954 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He has been an avid mountaineer since the age of eight. He studied at Corvallis High School (graduating in 1972) and then continued his studies at Hampshire college (graduated in 1976). He has been married to Linda Miriam Moore since 1980 and he currently resides in Boulder, Colorado. He has written several books besides Into the Wild, including Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman.
Information Citation: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. "Jon Krakauer." Wikipedia. N.p., 29 Jan. 2011. Web. 8 Feb. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Krakauer>.
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