Introduction
David Maraniss (born 1949) is an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.
He received a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1993 for his coverage of then-candidate Bill Clinton during the 1992 United States presidential election.
Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss received an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the Spring commencement ceremony on May 16, 2014.
Career
Maraniss began his journalism career as a high school student in Madison, Wisconsin, where he covered antiwar protests and high school football for a local daily newspaper. He joined The Washington Post in 1977 and has served it in various capacities since. The Post assigned him the job of biographer for their coverage of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Books
Maraniss has written or co-authored several books, in particular biographies of politicians and sportspeople.
- First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton. Simon & Schuster. 1995. ISBN 0684818906.
- Tell Newt To Shut Up!. Simon & Schuster. 1996. ISBN 9780684832937. (an account of the so-called Gingrich Revolution of '94, co-authored with Michael Weisskopf)
- The Clinton Enigma: A Four-and-a-Half Minute Speech Reveals This President's Entire Life. Simon & Schuster. 1998. ISBN 9780684862965.
- When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi. Simon & Schuster. 1999. ISBN 9780684872902.
- The Prince of Tennessee: Al Gore Meets His Fate. Simon & Schuster. 2000. ISBN 9780743204118.; a biography of Al Gore co-authored with Ellen Nakashima (2001).
- They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 (2003). For this book he was awarded the 2004 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.
- Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero'. Simon & Schuster. 2006. ISBN 9781416534105.
- Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World (2008).
- Into the Story: A Writer's Journey through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss. Simon & Schuster. 2010. ISBN 9781439167526.
- Barack Obama: The Story. Simon & Schuster. June 19, 2012. ISBN 9781439167533.
- Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story. Simon & Schuster. 2015. ISBN 9781476748382. OCLC 894936463.
- "J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project winners". Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
Personal life
Maraniss and wife Linda live in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin.