Robert Kurson
American author and former lawyer
Robert Kurson is an American author and former lawyer who wrote Shadow Divers, a 2004 bestseller about the discovery of a sunken German U-boat.
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American Born 1963 in Chicago
About Robert Kurson
Robert Kurson was born in 1963 and lives in Chicago. He trained as a lawyer at Harvard Law School and practised real estate law before turning to writing. He first wrote professionally for the Chicago Sun-Times, beginning as a sports agate clerk and soon moving into a features job. He then moved to Chicago magazine and on to Esquire, where he became a contributing editor and won a National Magazine Award. His stories have also appeared in Rolling Stone and The New York Times Magazine. Shadow Divers tells the true story of two Americans who found a sunken German U-boat from World War II, lying about 60 miles from the New Jersey coast. Crashing Through tells of an entrepreneur who gains sight after being blind all his life. Rocket Men is also among his books.