Bestselling author of thrilling deep sea travelogues uniquely qualified to illuminate the hidden depths of our mysterious planet
For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked the question: What’s down there?
Drawing on seven years of reporting for her thrilling deep sea travelogue book, The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean, bestselling author Susan Casey will join us in Sonoma to illuminate the hidden depths of our blue planet—home to extraordinary marine life, soaring mountains, smoldering volcanoes, and valleys deeper than Everest is high—and discuss the vital role the deep sea plays in our world.
Casey is one of the few people ever to have gone down 16,000 feet to the bottom of the ocean. She will share her breathtaking experiences diving into the abyss with the scientists and explorers searching for knowledge in this vast unseen realm and the new technologies opening up the ocean’s most profound and mysterious regions.
Casey is the author of four New York Times bestselling books: The Devil’s Teeth: A Tale of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks; The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean; Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins; and The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean.
Her immersive reporting, scientific research, and evocative prose have made her books classics of adventure writing.
Casey is formerly the editor-in-chief of O, The Oprah Magazine, editor at large for Time Inc., and creative director of Outside magazine. She is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Time, Outside, and National Geographic.
Praise for The Underworld
“A thrilling and enlightening exploration of the deepest parts of the world’s oceans, featuring some of the most daring aquanauts using cutting edge technologies to make discoveries that boggle the mind.” – The Explorers Journal
“Space exploration gets the headlines but Casey makes a convincing case that the deep ocean is more interesting.” – Kirkus Reviews.
“Casey’s book satisfies our greatest curiosities about the mysteries of the ocean.” – Time.
“One of the most accurate and vivid portrayals of a deep-sea dive that I have ever read.” – Scientific American
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