David Laskin writes sus­pense-dri­ving nar­ra­tive non­fic­tion about ordi­nary peo­ple caught up in the crises of mod­ern his­to­ry. His recent titles include the award-win­ning The Long Way Home: From Ellis Island to the Great War and the best­selling The Chil­dren’s Bliz­zard. He and his wife live in Seat­tle, Washington.