David Maraniss
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Born | 1949 |
Notable awards | 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting |
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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.
References
- ^ Howell, Deborah (July 20, 2008). "A Vote for Coverage of Substance". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Books/Best Sellers/Race and Civil Rights". nytimes.com. New York Times. December 1, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ "J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project winners". Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
External links
Categories:
- 1949 births
- American male journalists
- American sportswriters
- American non-fiction writers
- Living people
- Writers from Madison, Wisconsin
- Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting winners
- The Washington Post people
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- 20th-century American journalists
- American journalist, 1940s birth stubs