Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of 29 books and a former foreign correspondent for the International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald and The Philadelphia Inquirer. His 1997 book, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, was an international bestseller and was translated into more than 15 languages. His book Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea was the non-fiction winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. His newest book is Paper: Paging Through History. Mark was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and University Book Store, as part of the Arts & Culture series.