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I was born in Virginia, raised in Connecticut, colleged in Vermont, and MFAed at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
James M. Tabor is the bestselling author of THE DEEP ZONE, BLIND DESCENT and FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN, and a winner of the O. Henry Award for short fiction.

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I'M WORKING ON A NEW BOOK ABOUT THE MOONSHOT OF THE 19TH CENTURY. STAY TUNED FOR IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS!

BLIND DESCENT, a New York Times nonfiction bestseller, chronicled the 2004 race to make the last great terrestrial discovery: the Mt.Everest of Caves. To watch my appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, click on the link below Jon's image.

"STUNNINGLY FASCINATING. A PHENOMENAL STORY OF EXPLORATION AND SCIENCE."
--Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

"RIVETING...A SATISFYING AND SHIVERY READ."
--The Washington Post

"A THRILLING NEW BOOK."
--TIME

"AS AWE-INSPIRING AS ANY ADVENTURE STORY. CAPTIVATING SUMMER READ."
--Amazon

In North America's worst mountaineering disaster, seven accomplished climbers died mysteriously on Alaska's Mt. McKinley in 1967. No bodies, journals, or other evidence were ever recovered and, incredibly, no attempt was made to rescue the climbers. Forty years later, too many crucial questions remained unanswered. The international-award-winning FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN sought, and found, the answers.

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Tabor, James M.

PERSONAL:

Married; wife's name Liz. Education: University of Vermont, B.A. (honors); Johns Hopkins University, M.F.A. Hobbies and other interests: Mountain climbing, scuba diving, squash, weight lifting.

ADDRESSES:

Home—VT.

CAREER:

Journalist. Former contributing editor to Outside and SKI; writer and host, The Great Outdoors (PBS series); cocreator, writer, and executive producer, Journeys to the Center of the World.

WRITINGS:

Forever on the Mountain: The Truth behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters, W.W. Norton (New York, NY), 2007.

Contributor to magazines and newspapers, including Time, U.S. News, Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Reader's Digest, American Heritage,Barron's, Washington Post, and UltraSport.

SIDELIGHTS:

In Forever on the Mountain: The Truth behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters, James M. Tabor attempts to explain what really happened in the 1967 ascent of Mt. McKinley that claimed the lives of seven young climbers. Because National Park Serv

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A bit about me...

Exploring the Spiegel Grove, a spectacular wreck off Key Largo

I LOVE TO WRITE ABOUT EXTREME ACTIVITIES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS. THAT DEFINES BOTH MY NON-FICTION WORK AND MY NOVELS. My books introduce readers to fascinating people doing world-changing work in strange new worlds. Partly that's because on my way to becoming a book author I experienced, and wrote about, such things. But I think it probably has something to do with brain hard-wiring as well.

I was born in Virginia, raised in Connecticut, colleged in Vermont, and MFAed at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. There I studied with the acclaimed novelist John Barth, who was kind of a Dan Brown/Jonathan Franzen mashup. (I do hope Mr. Barth, whom I revere and who lives still on Maryland's Eastern Shore, finds merit in that comparison.)
Between then and now,I did just about every kind of writing people would pay me for. For some years I was a Contributing Editor to Outside Magazine and SKI Magazine. I also wrote for Smithsonian, Sports Afield, Western Horseman, Reader's Digest,The Wall Street Journal, T