Biography of Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post and the only contemporary American writer to author or co-author at least seven #1 national best-selling non-fiction books. He has won nearly every American journalism prize. In 1973, The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for the reporting of Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the Watergate Scandal.

The New York Times has said, “Bob Woodward is the most famous investigative reporter in America.” Newsweek has excerpted five of his books in headline-making cover stories, 60 Minutes has featured three of his books, and three of his books have been made into movies, including the classic All The President’s Men.

Woodward and former staff writer Scott Armstrong wrote The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court (1979), a book about the decision-making process of the United States Supreme Court. Other books include: Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi, Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987, The Commanders, and The Man Who Would Be President: Dan Quayle, with Post columnist David Broder, and The Agenda: Inside The Clinton White House. Maestro, was a national bestseller about Fed Chairman, Alan Greenspan’s economic legacy and Bush at War, chronicles George W. Bush’s current war on terrorism.

His latest, Plan of Attack, is an account of a turning point in history as President Bush, his war council, and allies launch a preemptive attack on Iraq, toppling Saddam Hussein and taking over the country. The ultimate insider, Mr. Woodward shares with audiences his unique and gritty perspective on the White House, presidential campaigns, Congress, the Supreme Court, the CIA, and the Pentagon.