Gregory Crouch

He is the author of the upcoming old West epic THE BONANZA KING: John Mackay and the Battle Over the Greatest Riches in the American West (Scribner, 2018), the World War II flying adventure CHINA'S WINGS: War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight (Bantam, 2012), and the alpine memoir ENDURING PATAGONIA (Random House, 2001). Crouch graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he studied history. He completed U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger schools and led two infantry platoons before leaving the Army to pursue other interests, most notably in rock and ice climbing and in mountaineering. He developed a particular fascination with the peaks of PATAGONIA. Along the way he became a writer. His work has appeared in National Geographic, the Atlantic, Outside, Islands, American history, Ascent, Rock & Ice, Climbing (where he was a senior contributing editor), and many others. A regular book reviewer, Crouch has reviewed for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and NPR. He lives in Walnut Creek, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and son.