Julian is the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth and Neptune's Fortune, as well as a senior features editor at The Hollywood Reporter. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, National Geographic, Esquire, The New Yorker, and GQ, among other publications. He has reported from every continent, including Antarctica, and lives in the outskirts of New York.
The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night
"Exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing" — The New York Times
"The energy of the narrative never flags. . . . Sancton has produced a thriller." — The Wall Street Journal
The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
"Splendid . . . Sancton is an expert guide through eighteenth-century European geopolitics [and] modern marine archaeology." — The Wall Street Journal
"[A] thrilling maritime saga . . . technically complex [and] nail-biting . . . [Neptune's Fortune] is a rollicking historical mystery and a beguiling human drama rolled into one." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
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