Mark Kurlansky

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Mark Kurlansky
Kurlansky in 2013
Born	(1948-12-07) December 7, 1948 (age 75) Hartford, Connecticut
Occupation	Journalist author
Genre	Nonfiction

Mark Kurlansky (December 7, 1948) is an American journalist and author who has written a number of books of fiction and nonfiction. His 1997 book, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997), was an international bestseller and was translated into more than fifteen languages. His book Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006) was the nonfiction winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.