Wil S. Hylton

Wil S. Hylton is an author and essayist whose writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, and many other magazines. His work has been selected for numerous anthologies, including Best American Political Writing, Best Music Writing, Best Business Stories, and Next Wave: America's New Generation of Great Literary Journalists.

Hylton's first book, VANISHED, describes the mysterious disappearance of an American bomber during World War II and the unyielding effort by scientists and adventurers to locate its missing crew. More information about VANISHED can be seen at www.vanishedbook.com.

Hylton has been featured on The Diane Rehm Show, NPR Weekend Edition, Hardball with Chris Mathews, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, American History TV, and The News with Brian Williams. He is a visiting writer at Johns Hopkins University, and a recipient of the John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Journalism, granted by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

More of his writing can be found at www.wilshylton.com.