Erik Calonius

Erik Calonius holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

He was a writer, editor, and foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. His stories frequently ran on the front pages, reaching as many as 2 million readers daily.

Later, Calonius was Miami Bureau Chief for Newsweek. Among his many articles, he wrote a groundbreaking cover story about the future of Miami. He also located the American pilots who flew weapons to the Contra soldiers in Nicaragua--and told their story. For this he was nominated by the Editors of Newsweek for the national Overseas Press Award.

Calonius was also a writer and editor for Fortune Magazine. His interviews ranged from Steve Jobs and Michael Dell to entertainment icons David Geffen and Motown's Berry Gordy, Jr. For his work, he was nominated by the Editors of Fortune for the National Magazine award.

Calonius has also collaborated on more than a dozen books, with authors ranging from Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, to Laurence H. Meyer, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.

Calonius is also the author of "The Wanderer, the last America last slave ship, and the conspiracy that set its sails." Since then he has used his investigative skills to evaluate other slave ship claimants. He is currently finishing a biography of the Florida peninsula.