David Maraniss

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David Maraniss
David Maraniss at the 2012 Texas Book Festival.
David Maraniss at the 2012 Texas Book Festival.
Born1949
Notable awards1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Website
davidmaraniss.com

David Maraniss (/ˈmærənɪs/ MARR-ə-niss; born 1949) is an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.

Career[]

The Washington Post assigned Maraniss the job of biographer for their coverage of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama.[1]

Personal life[]

Maraniss and wife Linda live in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin. His son, Andrew Maraniss is also an author and has been on the New York Times best-seller list in 2015.[2]

Books[]

Maraniss has written or co-authored numerous books, most of which are biographies of politicians or athletes, and all of which were published by Simon & Schuster.

Title Year ISBN Subject matter Interviews and presentations Comments
First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton 1995 ISBN 9780684818900 Bill Clinton *Booknotes interview with Maraniss, May 7, 1995, C-SPAN
*Presentation by Maraniss, May 15, 1995, C-SPAN
*Presentation by Maraniss, November 4, 1998, C-SPAN
Tell Newt to Shut Up! 1996 ISBN 9780684832937 Newt Gingrich, The Republican Revolution *Presentation by Maraniss, May 20, 1996 Co-authored with Michael Weisskopf
The Clinton Enigma: A Four-and-a-Half Minute Speech Reveals This President's Entire Life 1998 ISBN 9780684862965 Bill Clinton, Lewinsky scandal *Presentation by Maraniss, November 4, 1998, C-SPAN
*Presentation by Maraniss, February 23, 1999, C-SPAN
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi 1999 ISBN 9780684872902 Vince Lombardi
The Prince of Tennessee: Al Gore Meets His Fate 2000 ISBN 9780743204118 Al Gore *Presentation by Maraniss and Nakashima, September 26, 2000 Co-authored with Ellen Nakashima
They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 2003 Battle of Ong Thanh, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Student protests against the Vietnam War *Interview on They Marched into Sunlight at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
*Presentation by Maraniss at the Wisconsin Historical Society, April 8, 2002
*Part one and Part two of interview with Maraniss, September 28 and November 16, 2003, C-SPAN		 Winner of the 2004 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.[3]
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero 2006 ISBN 9781416534105 Roberto Clemente
Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World 2008 1960 Summer Olympics *Presentation by Maraniss at the Free Library of Philadelphia, July 10, 2008, C-SPAN
*Q&A interview with Maraniss, July 13, 2008, C-SPAN
*Presentation by Maraniss at the National Book Festival, September 27, 2008, C-SPAN
Into the Story: A Writer's Journey through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss 2010 ISBN 9781439167526 Autobiography
Barack Obama: The Story 2012 ISBN 9781439167533 Barack Obama *Interview with Maraniss, June 17, 2012, C-SPAN
*Cassie M. Chew; Meena Ganesan (July 9, 2012). "David Maraniss on Writing Obama's 'Story'". PBS Newshour.
*Presentation by Maraniss at the National Book Festival, September 23, 2012, C-SPAN
*Interview with Maraniss, Tucson Festival of Books, March 15, 2015, C-SPAN
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story 2015 ISBN 9781476748382 Detroit, Michigan *Interview with Maraniss, October 20, 2014, C-SPAN
*Presentation by Maraniss at the Detroit Historical Society, October 3, 2015, C-SPAN
*Presentation by Maraniss at the Wisconsin Book Festival, October 24, 2015, C-SPAN
A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father 2019 ISBN 9781501178375 *Q&A interview, May 12, 2019, C-SPAN

References[]

  1. ^ Howell, Deborah (July 20, 2008). "A Vote for Coverage of Substance". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "Books/Best Sellers/Race and Civil Rights". The New York Times. December 1, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project winners". Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Retrieved 16 March 2011.

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