Greg Mortenson is an American humanitarian, professional speaker, writer, and former mountaineer. He was the co-founder and former executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute as well as the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace. Mortenson was the author or co-author of the New York Times Bestsellers Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In April 2011, he was accused of fabrication in his non-fiction books and of financial improprieties at his charity, Central Asia Institute.
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