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Sebastian Junger
writer
Sebastian Junger is the New York Times bestselling author of *The Perfect Storm*, *A Death in Belmont* and *Fire*. He is a contributing editor to *Vanity Fair*, and has been awarded a National Magazine Award and an SAIS Novartis Prize for journalism. He lives in New York City.