Dean King (born 1962) is an American author of narrative non-fiction on adventure, historical and maritime subjects. His books include ''Skeletons on the Zahara'' (2004) and ''Unbound'' (2010), both published by Little, Brown. He is the author of companion books to Patrick O'Brian's ''Aubrey-Maturin series'' of novels and is the first biographer of O'Brian. In his biography, ''Patrick O'Brian: A Life'' (2000), which was excerpted in four full pages in ''The Daily Telegraph'' in London, King revealed that O'Brian was not really of Irish origin, as O'Brian claimed, and that he had changed his name by deed poll in London in 1945. King has also published articles in ''The New York Times'', ''National Geographic Adventure'', ''New York Magazine'', ''Outside'' and other magazines and newspapers.
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Dean King (born 1962) is an American author of narrative non-fiction on adventure, historical and maritime subjects. His books include ''Skeletons on the Zahara'' (2004) and ''Unbound'' (2010), both published by Little, Brown. He is the author of companion books to Patrick O'Brian's ''Aubrey-Maturin series'' of novels and is the first biographer of O'Brian. In his biography, ''Patrick O'Brian: A Life'' (2000), which was excerpted in four full pages in ''The Daily Telegraph'' in London, King revealed that O'Brian was not really of Irish origin, as O'Brian claimed, and that he had changed his name by deed poll in London in 1945. King has also published articles in ''The New York Times'', ''National Geographic Adventure'', ''New York Magazine'', ''Outside'' and other magazines and newspapers.
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