Charles C. Mann

Charles C. Mann (born 1955) is an American science journalist and author. He worked as a correspondent for The Atlantic, Science, and Wired and wrote for publications including GEO, stern, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post. He also worked for HBO and the television series Law & Order. His book *1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus* sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States and was named Book of the Year by the National Academy of Sciences.