Anthony Doerr

Kindle 100

anthony — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:31:21 +0000

Anthony’s first book, The Shell Collector, is part of the Kindle 100 for the month of April, which means it’s available for only $2.99 on the Kindle Store.

The Education of Werner Pfennig

anthony — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:40:44 +0000

I’ve finally finished a new novel, almost seven hundred pages, seven years in the making. It follows the lives of a German boy and a French girl during World War II, and is about radio, puzzles, natural history, and a fabled diamond. It will be published by Scribner in early 2014, but in the meantime readers can find a small piece of it in the new issue of Tin House (This Means War).

Wonder and Other Survival Skills

anthony — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:07:43 +0000

Is wonder really a survival skill? It might be. Orion Magazine has just released a collection of essays testifying to the power of beauty and the importance of humility—and a deep belief, even amid darkness and uncertainty, in wonder’s essential role in our lives. This slim paperback includes Anthony’s essay, “Window of Possibility.”

Treasure Island

anthony — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:27:35 +0000

The November 2012 issue of Condé Nast Traveler features a long essay by Anthony about falling mangoes, gigantic waterfalls, green sand beaches, and occasionally turning your back on “Grown-Up Me.”

Coeur d’Alene Press

anthony — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:15:44 +0000

Doerr to speak at Coeur d’Alene annual Humanities Event.

Thirty-Year Plan

anthony — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:17:49 +0000

Orion asked thirty writers and thinkers to name one thing we will increasingly need over the next thirty years if humans are going to find a way to live happily, sustainably, redeemably on earth. The result is a fascinating little book featuring essays by Ralph Nader, Diane Ackerman, Carl Safina, Pete Seeger and many others. My contribution is titled “Empty Pockets.”

Oranges

anthony — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:39:09 +0000

Anthony’s story “Oranges,” which appeared in the London Sunday Times Magazine as “A Life in Sections,” (behind a paywall) will be available for free on r.kv.r.y. until the fall.

American Trees

anthony — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:01:56 +0000

Where did the old forests go? Sailing masts for the British navy. Staves for wine barrels. They went into railroad cars, “snake fences,” and orange crates; they went up the hugely inefficient chimneys of settlers… From American Canopy, a May 20 column in the Sunday Globe.

O. Henry Prize Stories 2012

anthony — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:46:45 +0000

Anthony’s short story “The Deep” is included in the 2012 edition of the O. Henry Prize Stories.

Irish Examiner

anthony — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:07:19 +0000

Doerr is one of the modern short story’s most exciting and innovative exponents. -Irish Examiner