John Vaillant
John Vaillant is an author and freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The Walrus, among others. His latest book, Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, is a #1 national bestseller. In addition to winning the Baillie Gifford Prize (UK) and the Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize, Fire Weather was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award (US), and the Writers’ Trust Non-fiction Prize. It was named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The New York Times, among many other prominent publications.
John Vaillant is a keynote/plenary speaker at the 2024 Fall Parkland Conference, The Road Ahead.
