David Gessner

David Gessner is the author of thirteen books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including the New York Times bestselling All the Wild That Remains . Gessner is a professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he also founded the literary magazine Ecotone . His own magazine publications include pieces in the New York Times Magazine , Outside , Orion , and many other magazines. In 2017 he hosted the National Geographic Explorer show, The Call of the...See more

David Gessner is the author of thirteen books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including the New York Times bestselling All the Wild That Remains . Gessner is a professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he also founded the literary magazine Ecotone . His own magazine publications include pieces in the New York Times Magazine , Outside , Orion , and many other magazines. In 2017 he hosted the National Geographic Explorer show, The Call of the Wild. See less