Jon Krakauer
An image from Prophet's Prey, one of the productions that also features Jon Krakauer.

Jon Krakauer

April 12, 1954 — Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles.

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

2007

Under the Banner of Heaven

Under the Banner of Heaven

2022

Prophet's Prey

Prophet's Prey

2015

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

1997