Sebastian Junger Biography

Fast Facts

• Recipient of the National Magazine Award in 2000 for his Vanity Fair article, The Forensics of War
• Earned numerous accolades for "The Other War: Afghanistan," including the DuPont-Columbia Award
• Established The Perfect Storm Foundation following the success of his book in order to provide for children whose parents have lost their lives in the commercial fishing industry
• Following the debut of "Restrepo," he was honored with the Leadership in Entertainment Award by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
• Earned his bachelor's degree in anthropology from Wesleyan University in 1984
• Worked as a high-climber for tree removal companies before becoming a journalist, focusing primarily on people with dangerous jobs
• Gained overnight success with his 1997 book "The Perfect Storm," which would later be turned into the blockbuster movie of the same name
• Grew up blocks away from where several of the Boston Strangler crimes took place, experiences from which would eventually influence his 2006 book "A Death in Belmont․"
• For his book "WAR" and the accompanying documentary "Restrepo," he spent more than a year embedded with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in the Korengal Valley region of eastern Afghanistan