David Maraniss


David Maraniss is an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.

Career

The Washington Post assigned Maraniss the job of biographer for their coverage of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Personal life

Maraniss and wife Linda live in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin. His son, Andrew Maraniss is also an author and has been on the New York Times best-seller list in 2015.

Books

Maraniss has written or co-authored numerous books, most of which are biographies of politicians or athletes, and all of which were published by Simon & Schuster.
TitleYearISBNSubject matterInterviews and presentationsComments
1995Bill Clinton, C-SPAN
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1996Newt Gingrich, The Republican RevolutionCo-authored with Michael Weisskopf
1998Bill Clinton, Lewinsky scandal, C-SPAN
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When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi1999Vince Lombardi
2000Al GoreCo-authored with Ellen Nakashima
'2003Battle of Ong Thanh, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Student protests against the Vietnam War on They Marched into Sunlight at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
and of interview with Maraniss, September 28 and November 16, 2003, C-SPAN		Winner of the 2004 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.
2006Roberto Clemente
'20081960 Summer Olympics*, C-SPAN
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2010Autobiography
2012Barack Obama*, C-SPAN*
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2015Detroit, Michigan*, C-SPAN
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    • A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father2019*, C-SPAN