Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "King: A Life"

Chicago, IL, USA
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Jonathan Eig Biography

Jonathan Eig is the author of "King: A Life," which won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. He has written six books, four of them New York Times best sellers. He also served as a producer on the Ken Burns documentary "Muhammad Ali."

Eig began his writing career at age 16, working for his hometown newspaper, The Rockland County (N.Y.) Journal News. He studied journalism at Northwestern University, and went on to work as a reporter for The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Dallas Morning News, Chicago Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.

He has appeared on the "TODAY" show, NPR's "Fresh Air," and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." But his greatest claim to fame, according to his parents, is that his name once appeared in a "Jeopardy" question -- which was solved correctly for $200.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/30/2025.

Jonathan Eig Videos

Keynote by Jonathan Eig | King: A Life

Keynote by Jonathan Eig | King: A Life

1963 Then & Now: A 60-Year Retrospective of America This interdisciplinary symposium was co-presented by the Stanford Humanities Center and...

The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Jonathan Eig in Conversation

The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Jonathan Eig in Conversation

The first major biography of King in decades, Eig’s new book is a landmark — a product of exhaustive new analysis and research (including...

"King: A Life"  with Jonathan Eig and Eleanor Holmes Norton in Conversation

"King: A Life" with Jonathan Eig and Eleanor Holmes Norton in Conversation

Join the Library and Politics and Prose bookstore for a special conversation with Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life. In conversation with...

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