Category: Biography

The Innovator Few 20th-century American writers were as influential, or innovative, as Norman Mailer. He was a novelist, journalist, playwright, filmmaker, and even an actor. In a career that …

Unique Talents Intellectually, Walter Isaacson is a serious heavy hitter. At the same time, he has had an extensive career in journalism. These two facts combined give him a …

An American Aristocrat Flamboyant, educated, haughty, charming, outspoken, political, dignified, observant, broad-minded, funny: Gore Vidal was a man born to ruffle feathers and challenge convention. He managed to do …

A Brilliant Mind Primo Levi started his professional life as a chemist and, had his world not been steamrollered by tragic events, would probably have happily remained one. He …

Worldwide Acclaim Bill Bryson is an American-British journalist and one of the most influential non-fiction writers of the twenty-first century. There is a good chance that you heard about …

So Much More Jon Meacham is more than just a Pulitzer Prize winning author; he is also a historian, reviewer, and professor. This Tennessee native was raised by his …