The author of Into the Wild is Jon Krakauer. Jon Krakauer was born in Massachusettes but was raised in Oregon from the age of two. He was the third out of five children, and when he was eight his father introduced him to mountaineerring. He attended Hampshire College in Massachusetts and in 1976 he received a degree in Environmental Studies. In 1977 he feel in love with Linda Mariam Moore and they married in 1980. He climbed Mt. Everest in 1996. He was mostly famous for his article in the Outsider. Into the Wild was published in 1996, and was on the best seller list for two years.
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