Jonathan Eig: Best-Selling Author of Adult Non-Fiction and Children's Books

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

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KING

A LIFE

Purchase "KING, A Life" now.

*Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

* Winner of the New-York Historical Society’s 2024 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize

*Barack Obama 2023 Favorite

*NYT Bestseller

ABOUT ME

JONATHAN EIG

Hey, that's me, Jonathan Eig, author of six books, including "King," which won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2024. (photo courtesy of Eric Woods)

ON STAGE THIS FALL

The Birth of the Pill

UPCOMING EVENTS

Jonathan Eig's acclaimed history of the birth control pill is now a play, premiering this fall from TimeLine Theatre.

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The fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century.

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The Real Story Behind the New Series

ALI: A Life

A new Ali series arrives on Prime Video November 4, and each week Jonathan Eig will share his own commentary on the episode, drawing on the deepest research ever done on the champ's life.

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Subscribe to Chasing Ali to get Jonathan's take on each new episode the moment it drops.

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For the fuller story the series can't tell, read Ali: A Life, built on more than 500 interviews and thousands of pages of previously unreleased FBI files.