Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester is the author of twenty-three books, including Atlantic, The Man Who Loved China, Krakatoa, and, most recently, Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley’s Curious Collection.
All Writing
Essay
Travel
Take Nothing, Leave Nothing
Simon WinchesterHow I came to be banned from the world’s most remote island, Tristan da Cunha. More
Essay
Communication
Native Tongues
Simon WinchesterThe making of the Dictionary of American Regional English, a five-thousand page, five-volume book documenting the... More
Essay
The Sea
Open Waters
Simon WinchesterSimon Winchester muses on what it means to be truly at sea. More
Roundtable
My First Mistake
The victim of the first big mistake I ever made was a gentleman to whom I had never been properly introduced (and whose name I still do not know) but who was possessed of three singular qualities: he was alone in a room with me, he was without his trousers, and he was very, very dead. More
