The New Book
from International
Best-Selling Author Corban Addison
"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written."
— JOHN GRISHAM
The Story Behind the Stories
In the summer of 2008, while I was practicing law and writing books no one wanted to publish, I had an idea for a novel that would open doors long closed to me and inaugurate my journey as an author.
First published in 2012, A Walk Across the Sun went on to be an international bestseller and inspired a multi-year odyssey of travel and research that gave rise to three more novels like it, all deeply steeped in the truth of the world and addressing issues of global human rights.
For years, friends encouraged me to try my hand at nonfiction. "Your books already read like it," they said. I told them, "Find me a true story that I can write with the narrative tension and emotional intimacy of a novel and that will captivate readers from the first page to the last, and I'll tell it."
Wastelands is that story. I hope to write many more like it.
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What Readers Are Saying
"If you like stories of good people struggling to do right in the world's forgotten places, there is no one better suited to take you on the ride of your life."
JOHN HART
New York Times Bestselling Author
Events
Fri, Jun 10New Dominion BookshopJoin Corban Addison for a conversation about his new book and first work of nonfiction, Wastelands.
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Contact
For media and publicity inquiries, please contact Abigail Endler at Alfred A. Knopf:
To invite Corban to speak at an event, please contact Kim Thornton Ingenito at the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau:
To send Corban a message or to invite him to a virtual discussion with your book club, please use the contact form below: