Charles Graeber has written for "Wired", "GQ", the "New Yorker", "New York", "Outside", "Bloomberg Businessweek", and the "New York Times", among other publications. His work has received numerous awards, including the 2011 Ed Cunningham Award for outstanding international journalism from the Overseas Press Club and a New York Press Club Prize. Born in Iowa, he lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn, New York.