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Ed Casear

Biography

Ed Casear

Ed Caesar is an author and a contributing writer to The New Yorker. Before joining The New Yorker, Caesar wrote stories for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Outside, The Smithsonian Magazine, Esquire, The Sunday Times (London), British GQ and The Independent. He has reported from a wide range of countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kosovo, Russia and Iran. He has won a number of awards for his journalism, including the 2014 Journalist of the Year from the Foreign Press Association of London. His first book, TWO HOURS: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon, was awarded a Cross Sports Book of the Year award.

Ed Casear

Books by Ed Casear

The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest
by Ed Casear - Biography, History, Nonfiction

In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit --- all utterly alone. Wilson doesn’t know how to climb and barely knows how to fly, but he has the right plane, the right equipment and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson’s 11-month journey to Everest is full of twists, turns and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning.