作家访谈 ：Simon Winchester

音频简介 ：Masterful nonfiction stylist Simon Winchester reveals that he might never have become a writer had he not been colorblind. Lucky for us, his Christmas wreaths are monochrome. Winchester mines the Pacific Ocean for stories about transistor radios, the origins of the California surfing craze, and the lessons to be learned from navigating by the stars. 关于作者：Simon Winchester, OBE (born 28 September 1944), is a British author and journalist who resides in Massachusetts, in the United States. Through his career at The Guardian, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. As an author, Winchester has written or contributed to more than a dozen nonfiction books, has written one novel, and his articles have appeared in several travel publications, including Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic. 关于HarperCollins： 哈珀•柯林斯出版公司是全球第二大大众图书出版公司。总部纽约，在18个国家拥有分公司，至今有200年历史、旗下120多个子品牌。哈珀•柯林斯每年出版17种语言的上万本新书，并且有20万个电子书品种，出版书籍涵盖大众图书的传记、商业、艺术设计、小说、历史、文学、儿童图书、社会学、旅游、运动等各个类型和题材，作品获得过国家图书奖、诺贝尔奖、普利策奖、布克奖，纽伯瑞和凯迪克等各项国际知名奖项。 哈珀•柯林斯出版公司在1817年由詹姆斯和约翰•哈珀兄弟创立，前身为Harper&Brothers，曾经为世界文豪、名人明星如马克•吐温，勃朗特姐妹，狄更斯，马丁•路德•金，约翰•肯尼迪，莫里斯•桑达克，谢尔•希尔福斯坦等出版图书。1987年成为新闻集团全资子公司，后与英国的老牌出版公司 William Collins & Sons合并。William Collins & Sons成立于1819年，曾为传奇作家J.R.R.托尔金、阿加莎•克里斯蒂、C.S.刘易斯等出版作品。 现如今，哈珀•柯林斯出版公司以其强大的编辑团队、全面而有效的市场营销和信息渠道、与书商紧密的联系和对读者、消费者的深入研究和精准预测为作者和他们的作品服务。同时也依靠不断创新和技术进步，为读者带来最卓越的阅读体验。