Three Cups of Tea; One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
New York: Penguin Books, 2007. Later printing. Trade paperback. [16], 349, [3] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Index. Greg Mortenson is an American professional speaker, writer, veteran, and former mountaineer. He is a co-founder and former executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute and the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace. Mortenson is the co-author of The New York Times Bestseller Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. David Oliver Relin (December 12, 1962 – November 15, 2012) was an American journalist and the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book, Three Cups of Tea, published in 2006. Relin co-wrote the book with Greg Mortenson. The book gives Mortenson's account of his transition from registered nurse and mountain-climber to humanitarian committed to reducing poverty and promoting education for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In addition to Three Cups of Tea, Relin was a contributing editor for Parade and Skiing magazines. He won more than 40 national awards for his work as a writer and editor, including the Kiriyama Prize. Before his death, Relin had completed work on a new book, about two doctors working to cure cataract-related blindness in the developing world.[1] Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives was published posthumously. More