Through my journalism, I try to satisfy my bottomless curiosity about the world. I have tracked mountain gorillas in Uganda for National Geographic Adventure, crossed the Bolivian salt flats for the New York Times, dived a 55-foot-deep shipwreck without scuba tanks for a piece exploring the physiology of freediving for Popular Science and reported on potty-mouthed 4-year-olds (in the wilds of my own backyard) for Parents. I’ve also written feature stories for The Atlantic, Men’s Journal, Garden & Gun, Preservation and many other magazines. I’m a longtime contributor to Popular Mechanics and was a 2008 National Magazine Award finalist for a piece I published in PM called “Facing Down Disaster.” In 2000, my family and I moved from New York City to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley to recreate the life of 19th-century subsistence farmers. Though we no longer live in the past, we’re still in the Valley.

Here’s a link to a Q&A with David Medaris of The Isthmus in Madison, Wisconsin: http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=8496