J. Grigsby Crawford

J. Grigsby Crawford grew up in the Great American West. He graduated from George Washington University with honors and a degree in Political Science & English. In 2009, he joined the Peace Corps. His nearly two and a half years in Ecuador--first on the coast and later, after a failed abduction attempt, in the Amazonian region--provided the material for his first book, The Gringo. As a journalist, Mr. Crawford has covered everything from presidential primaries and politics to murder and local mosquito populations. His writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, Congressional Quarterly, the Colorado Daily newspaper, Mile High Sports Magazine, The Washington Independent Review of Books, and various blogs, ranging in topics from sports to men's fashion. He lives, somewhat peacefully, in a cozy little neighborhood tucked in Northwest Washington, D.C. retrieved 7/16/2013 from Amazon.com, and slightly adapted.]