![John Vaillant credit John Sinal](https://five-fifteen.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/John-Vaillant-credit-%C2%A9-John-Sinal.jpg?w=500&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1706000756&s=784775a667acba3137f5a4e1278be596)
John Vaillant
John Vaillant is the international bestselling author of The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival and The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed. He has written for, among others, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic and the Guardian. His latest book, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World, is a page-turning account of a brutal urban wildfire, and a sweeping exploration of our rapidly changing relationship with fire. It won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023.
Past Events
Join us at 5x15 in February to hear a stellar line-up speaking about fire, peace, friendship and hardy women.