Sebastian Junger writes about life and death. From war zones to wildfires, he often finds himself observing the fragility of life up close. He spent a year embedded with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, which led to Restrepo, a documentary named after a fort named after a slain American medic. His most famous book, The Perfect Storm, tells the story of a Massachusetts fisherman caught in a brutal storm off the coast of Nova Scotia. It was turned into a movie starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.