"You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst." -- William Langewiesche
William Langewiesche (pronounced:long-gah-vee-shuh) (born June 12, 1955) is an American author and journalist, and was a professional airplane pilot for many years.
He is currently the international correspondent for the magazine Vanity Fair, but made his name as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He has written articles covering events such as the World Trade Center cleanup, a three-part series which was published as the book American Ground. He also detailed the last flight of the shuttle Columbia.
Langewiesche was a finalist for the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage for American Ground. Unbuilding the World Trade Center and 2005 for The Outlaw Sea. He was a finalist for the 2007 Michael Kelly Award.