Jonathan Eig

Jonathan Eig ( ; born April 26, 1964) is an American journalist and biographer. He is the author of six books, the most recent being King: A Life (2023), a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr.

Jonathan Eig ( ; born April 26, 1964) is an American journalist and biographer. He is the author of six books, the most recent being King: A Life (2023), a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr. ==Biography== Eig was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Monsey, New York. He is Jewish. His father was an accountant and his mother was a stay-at-home mom and community activist. Eig began working for his hometown newspaper when he was 16. He attended Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, graduating in 1986 with a bachelor's degree. After college he worked as a news reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Dallas Morning News, Chicago magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. Eig has taught writing at Columbia College Chicago and lectures at Northwestern. He has written as a freelancer for many outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, and online edition of The New Yorker. He is married to Jennifer Tescher and has three children. He lives in Chicago. Eig appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in May 2010. He has appeared in three PBS documentaries—Prohibition, Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali—made by Ken Burns and Florentine Films. In 2016, Eig appeared on AMC's The Making of the Mob: Chicago, talking about Al Capone. ==Published works== Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (2005¹) Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season (2007) Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster (2010) The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution (2014) Ali: A Life (2017) King: A Life (2023) ==Awards== 2005: Casey Award for best baseball book of the year, Luckiest Man 2014:: Washington Post "Best Books of the Year" for The Birth of the Pill 2015: Society of Midland Authors, non-fiction book of the year, The Birth of the Pill 2017: NAACP Image Awards, finalist, Ali: A Life 2017: William Hill Sports Book of the Year, best sports book, finalist, Ali: A Life 2018: Plutarch Award, best biography, finalist, Ali: A Life 2018: PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, Literary Sports Writing, winner for Ali: A Life 2018: The Times Biography of the Year, Sports Book Awards, London, for Ali: A Life 2018: Sports Book of the Year, British Sports Book Awards, for Ali: A Life 2018: New York Times Notable Book, for Ali: A Life 2023: New York Times Notable Book, for King: A Life 2023: National Book Awards, long list for King: A Life 2023: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, finalist for King: A Life 2024: New-York Historical Society's 2024 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize for King: A Life 2024: Pulitzer Prize for Biography, for King: A Life ==References== ==External links== Jonathan Eig - official website The St. Valentine's Day Massacre - Excerpt from Get Capone (Chicago Magazine, May 2010) Jonathan Eig [https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3905874/filmotype/self?ref_=m_nmfm_2] on IMDb

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