David Maraniss (/ˈmærənɪs/ MARR-ə-niss; born 1949) is an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.
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Born | 1949 |
Notable awards | 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting |
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The Washington Post assigned Maraniss the job of biographer for their coverage of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama.[1]
In 2014, Maraniss was quoted in the "Mystery Document" segment of the educational Youtube video, "Crash Course: US History #44; George H.W. Bush and the end of the Cold War" [2]
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.[3]
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.
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First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton | 1995 | ISBN 9780684818900 | Bill Clinton | ||
Tell Newt to Shut Up! | 1996 | ISBN 9780684832937 | Newt Gingrich, The Republican Revolution | 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 | ||
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 | 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 | Winner of the 2004 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.[4] |
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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 | |||
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 |
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story | 2015 | ISBN 9781476748382 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father | 2019 | ISBN 9781501178375 |
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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe | 2022 | ISBN 9781476748412 | Jim Thorpe |
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