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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

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KING

A LIFE

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*Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

* Winner of the New-York Historical Society’s 2024 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize

*Barack Obama 2023 Favorite

*NYT Bestseller

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ABOUT ME

JONATHAN EIG

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This is me, Jonathan Eig. Ken Burns called me "master storyteller." I'm the author of six books, four of them New York Times bestsellers. And in 2024 I won the Pulitzer Prize for biography.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS
  • Bryan Gruley book release, Chicago
    Bryan Gruley book release, Chicago
    Wed, Apr 09
    Book Cellar, Chicago
    Apr 09, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Book Cellar, Chicago, 4736 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, USA
    Jonathan Eig joins Bryan Gruley for the release of his new book, Bitterfrost,
  • When King Came to Chicago
    When King Came to Chicago
    Thu, Apr 10
    Chicago Architecture Center
    Apr 10, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
    A panel exploring an impactful and often overlooked Chicago chapter in the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the legacy he left behind in the city’s fair housing landscape.
  • Santa Fe International Literary Festival
    Santa Fe International Literary Festival
    Fri, May 16
    Santa Fe Community Convention Center
    May 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – May 18, 2025, 6:00 PM
    Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
    Join Jonathan Eig for a discussion on the research and writing of King: A Life, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography
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