Safety and Survival experts & authors

Explore safety and survival through the work and perspectives of Amanda Ripley, Clint Emerson, Elizabeth Smart, and other authors on Chapters.

6 profiles on Chapters.

• Amanda Ripley

  Amanda Ripley is an American journalist and author whose investigative reporting examines disasters, human responses to danger, and the science behind survival.

  Selected work: The Unthinkable

• Clint Emerson

  Former Navy SEAL and author of survival and personal-safety books drawing on his military background.

  Selected work: 100 Deadly Skills

• Elizabeth Smart

  Elizabeth Smart is an American child safety activist, commentator, and abduction survivor who advocates nationwide for missing persons and victims of sexual abuse.

  Selected work: My story

• Lewis Dartnell

  Lewis Dartnell is a British astrobiologist and science communicator whose popular science books explore rebuilding technological society and geology’s influence on human history.

  Selected work: The Knowledge

• Mary Roach

  Mary Roach is an American author whose popular science and humor books explore subjects including human anatomy, space travel, and soldiers’ challenges.

  Selected work: Grunt

• Ted Koppel

  Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist whose book Lights Out examines threats to the electrical grid and preparedness for prolonged blackouts.

  Selected work: Lights out