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Dean King is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Food & Beverage, History, Journalism, Publishing, Television & Film

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Dean King Biography

An award-winning author of ten books and dozens of articles in national magazines, Dean King has a passion for historical adventure stories. His earliest works were the best-selling companion books to Patrick O’Brian’s epic Aubrey-Maturin novel series A Sea of Words, Harbors & High Seas, and Every Man Will Do His Duty. He followed these up with a critically acclaimed biography of the eccentric author Patrick O’Brian: A Life Revealed, which was named a big book of the year by The Daily Telegraph, where it was serialized in four full pages.

King followed this biography with the national bestseller Skeletons on the Zahara (Little, Brown, 2004), which tells the true story of the shipwreck of a Connecticut merchant brig Commerce on the west coast of Africa in 1815. The crew was enslaved on the desert by nomadic Arabs and had to travel 800 miles across the Sahara to reach freedom. Based on the memoirs of Captain James Riley and sailor Archibald Robbins, which King discovered in the New York Yacht Club library, and translated into ten languages, Skeletons was a multiple Book of the Year selection, the basis of a feature in National Geographic Adventure and a two-hour special documentary on the History Chanel. It is currently being developed as a feature film in London.

King’s latest work, Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival, about the 30 courageous women who walked 4,000 miles across China with Mao Zedong, in 1934, was published in the spring of 2010. While crossing eleven provinces, the 30 women forded dozens of raging rivers, scaled ice-covered peaks on the Tibetan Plateau, and survived ambushes, bombings, severe hunger and thirst, typhoid fever, and the births of half a dozen children. Their epic march helped reshape China forever. King’s account of his research trek in northwest Sichuan Province is featured in the April edition of Outside and translated into Mandarin, is the cover story of the May edition of Outside China. Of Unbound, Mary Baldwin College professor of Asian Studies Daniel A. Metraux wrote: “King, more than any other writer, recaptures the drama and flavor of this momentous time in Chinese history...Unbound is a must read for any student of modern Chinese history and ranks with Red Star Over China as one of the classic narratives of the early days of the CCP.”

King is a past director of book publishing at National Review, an original contributing editor to Men’s Journal, and the founder of Bubba Magazine. He has contributed stories to Book Marks, Esquire, Garden & Gun, Granta, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, New York, The New York Times, Outside, Travel Leisure, and The Daily Telegraph.

From 1997-2000, King edited the "Heart of Oak Sea Classics" series published by Henry Holt, which included fiction and non-fiction books about the Age of Fighting Sail, with new introductions and annotation. The series included such authors as Joseph Conrad, James Fenimore Cooper, Frederick Marryat, and James Norman Hall. Captain Richard Bailey of HMS Rose once noted that: “Like a great explorer of nautical literary archeology, King leads us on a journey of rediscovery into the past – back to a time before O’Brian, before Forester – to the founding authors of a great literary tradition.”

King is a nationally known speaker on his books, writing, and sea literature.

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Dean King Books

The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story
Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
A Sea of Words, Third Edition: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian
Harbors and High Seas, 3rd Edition : An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian, Third Edition
Patrick O'Brian : A Life Revealed

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How do I book Dean King to speak at my event?

Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Dean King for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Dean King, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Dean King or any other speaker of your choice.
What are the speaker fees for Dean King

Speaking fees for Dean King, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Dean King are for live events and for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Dean King, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
What topics does Dean King speak about?

Dean King is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Food & Beverage, History, Journalism, Publishing, Television & Film.
Where does Dean King travel from?

Dean King generally travels from Richmond, VA, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
Who is Dean King’s agent?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Dean King for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Dean King for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Dean King or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Dean King is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Dean King for your event is available upon request. Dean King generally travels from Richmond, VA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Rinker Buck, Linda Gordon, Ron Powers, Dr. Heather Ann Thompson and Herbert P. Bix. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dean King for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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