• Source: David Maraniss

      • David Maraniss ( MARR-ə-niss; born August 6, 1949) is an American award-winning journalist and author, currently serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.
      Maraniss is the author of numerous books, ranging from politics to sports. He has written books on Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi, Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, the 1960 Summer Olympics, and on U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.


      Personal life


      Maraniss was born in Detroit, Michigan to Elliot and Mary Maraniss. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
      Maraniss and his wife Linda, got married in 1969 and had two children; they live in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin. His son, Andrew Maraniss is also an author and was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2015.


      Career


      Maraniss began his career as reporter at the Madison Capital Times, and later worked at the Trenton Times.
      For The Washington Post, he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1993, for his "revealing articles on the life and political records" of Bill Clinton, then a presidential candidate. He was also assigned the job of biographer for their coverage of 2008 presidential candidate, Barack Obama.


      Bibliography




      = Politics

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      First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton (1995)
      Tell Newt to Shut Up! (with Michael Weisskopf) (1996)
      The Clinton Enigma: A Four-and-a-Half Minute Speech Reveals This President's Entire Life (1998)
      The Prince of Tennessee: Al Gore Meets His Fate (2000)
      Barack Obama: The Story (2012)


      = Sports

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      When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi (1999)
      Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero (2006)
      Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World (2008)
      Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe (2022)


      = Others

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      They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 (2004)
      Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story (2015)
      A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father (2019)


      References




      External links



      Official website
      Appearances on C-SPAN

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