Jon Krakauer Biography

Jon was born in Brookline,Massachusetts but raised in Corvallis, Oregon. He was the third child out of five from the age of two. He graduated in 1972 from Corvallis High School. He went to Hampshire College in Massachusetts. Graduated from college in 1976 and received his degree in Environmental Studies. He got married in 1980 to Linda Mariam Moore. They live in Seattle, Washington but moved to Bolder, Colorado.