SettingsPulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction winners
Anne Applebaum
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964 in Washington, D.C.) is a journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written extensively about communism and the development of civil socie...
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964 in Washington, D.C.) is a journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written extensively about communism and the development of civil socie...
Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction.
Annie Dillard is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction.
Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant (10 May 1898 — 25 October 1981) was the co-author of The Story of Civilization.
Ariel Durant (10 May 1898 — 25 October 1981) was the co-author of The Story of Civilization.
Bert Hölldobler
Bert Hölldobler is a German behavioral biologist and Sociobiologist whose primary study subjects are social insects and in particular ants.
Bert Hölldobler is a German behavioral biologist and Sociobiologist whose primary study subjects are social insects and in particular ants.
Carl Emil Schorske
Carl Emil Schorske is an American cultural historian and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.
Carl Emil Schorske is an American cultural historian and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.
Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences.
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences.
Caroline Elkins
Caroline Elkins is a professor of History at Harvard University.
Caroline Elkins is a professor of History at Harvard University.
Dale Maharidge
Dale Maharidge is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist best known for his collaborations with photographer Michael Williamson.
Dale Maharidge is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist best known for his collaborations with photographer Michael Williamson.
Daniel Yergin
Daniel Howard Yergin is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author, speaker, and economic researcher.
Daniel Howard Yergin is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author, speaker, and economic researcher.
David Brion Davis
David Brion Davis is an American historian and authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world.
David Brion Davis is an American historian and authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world.
David K. Shipler
David K. Shipler (born December 3, 1942) is an American author who won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1987 for Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land.
David K. Shipler (born December 3, 1942) is an American author who won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1987 for Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land.
David Remnick
David Remnick (born October 29, 1958) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor.
David Remnick (born October 29, 1958) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor.
Diane McWhorter
Rebecca Diane McWhorter is an American journalist, commentator and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights.
Rebecca Diane McWhorter is an American journalist, commentator and author who has written extensively about race and the history of civil rights.
Douglas A. Blackmon
Douglas A. Blackmon is an American writer and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Douglas A. Blackmon is an American writer and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Douglas Hofstadter
Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American academic whose research focuses on consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mat...
Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American academic whose research focuses on consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mat...
E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author.
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author.
Edwin Way Teale
Edwin Way Teale (June 2, 1899 – October 18, 1980) was an American naturalist, photographer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.
Edwin Way Teale (June 2, 1899 – October 18, 1980) was an American naturalist, photographer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.
Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings.
Erik Erikson was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings.
Ernest Becker
Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 - March 6, 1974) was a cultural anthropologist and interdisciplinary scientific thinker and writer.
Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 - March 6, 1974) was a cultural anthropologist and interdisciplinary scientific thinker and writer.
Frances FitzGerald (journalist)
Frances FitzGerald (born October 21, 1940) is an American journalist and author.
Frances FitzGerald (born October 21, 1940) is an American journalist and author.
Garry Wills
Garry Wills is a prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, as well as the history of the Roman Catholic Church.
Garry Wills is a prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, as well as the history of the Roman Catholic Church.
Herbert P. Bix
Herbert P. Bix is the author of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, an acclaimed account of the Japanese Emperor and the events which shaped modern Japanese imperialism.
Herbert P. Bix is the author of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, an acclaimed account of the Japanese Emperor and the events which shaped modern Japanese imperialism.
Howard Mumford Jones
Howard Mumford Jones (April 16, 1892 - May 11, 1980) was a U.S. writer, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University.
Howard Mumford Jones (April 16, 1892 - May 11, 1980) was a U.S. writer, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University.
J. Anthony Lukas
Jay Anthony Lukas, or J. Anthony Lucas, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author, probably best known for his 1985 book Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives...
Jay Anthony Lukas, or J. Anthony Lucas, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author, probably best known for his 1985 book Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives...
Jared Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fai...
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fai...
John McPhee
John Angus McPhee is an American writer, widely considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction.
John Angus McPhee is an American writer, widely considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction.
John Toland (author)
John Willard Toland was an American author and historian.
John Willard Toland was an American author and historian.
John W. Dower
John W. Dower is an American author and historian.
John W. Dower is an American author and historian.
Jonathan Weiner
Jonathan Weiner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of non-fiction books on his biology observations, in particular evolution in the Galápagos Islands, genetics, and the environment.
Jonathan Weiner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of non-fiction books on his biology observations, in particular evolution in the Galápagos Islands, genetics, and the environment.
Joseph Lelyveld
Joseph Lelyveld (born April 5, 1937) was executive editor of the New York Times from 1994 to 2001, and interim executive editor in 2003 after the resignation of Howell Raines.
Joseph Lelyveld (born April 5, 1937) was executive editor of the New York Times from 1994 to 2001, and interim executive editor in 2003 after the resignation of Howell Raines.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University ...
Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University ...
Michael Williamson (photographer)
Michael Williamson b. 1957, is an American photojournalist whose work has been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes.
Michael Williamson b. 1957, is an American photojournalist whose work has been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes.
Neil Sheehan
Cornelius Mahoney "Neil" Sheehan is an American journalist.
Cornelius Mahoney "Neil" Sheehan is an American journalist.
Norman Mailer
Norman Kingsley Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and film director.
Norman Kingsley Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and film director.
Paul Starr
Paul Starr is a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University.
Paul Starr is a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University.
René Dubos
René Jules Dubos (February 20, 1901 – February 20, 1982) was a French-born American microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, humanist, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize f...
René Jules Dubos (February 20, 1901 – February 20, 1982) was a French-born American microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, humanist, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize f...
Richard Hofstadter
Richard Hofstadter (6 August 1916 – 24 October 1970) was an American public intellectual of the 1950s, a historian and DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University.
Richard Hofstadter (6 August 1916 – 24 October 1970) was an American public intellectual of the 1950s, a historian and DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University.
Richard Kluger
Richard Kluger worked as a journalist before becoming an accomplished Pulitzer Prize-winning author and book publisher.
Richard Kluger worked as a journalist before becoming an accomplished Pulitzer Prize-winning author and book publisher.
Richard Rhodes
Richard Lee Rhodes (born July 4, 1937) is an American journalist, historian, and author of both fiction and non-fiction (which he prefers to call "verity"), including the Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Richard Lee Rhodes (born July 4, 1937) is an American journalist, historian, and author of both fiction and non-fiction (which he prefers to call "verity"), including the Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Robert Coles
Martin Robert Coles is an American author, child psychiatrist, and professor at Harvard University.
Martin Robert Coles is an American author, child psychiatrist, and professor at Harvard University.
Robert Neil Butler
Robert Neil Butler (January 21, 1927 – July 4, 2010) was a physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who was the first director of the National Institute on Aging.
Robert Neil Butler (January 21, 1927 – July 4, 2010) was a physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who was the first director of the National Institute on Aging.
Saul Friedländer
Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר) (born Prague, October 11, 1932) is an award-winning Israeli historian and currently a professor of history at UCLA.
Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר) (born Prague, October 11, 1932) is an award-winning Israeli historian and currently a professor of history at UCLA.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee is an Indian-born American physician, scientist and writer.
Siddhartha Mukherjee is an Indian-born American physician, scientist and writer.
Stephen Greenblatt
Stephen Jay Greenblatt is a Pulitzer Prize winning American literary critic, theorist and scholar.
Stephen Jay Greenblatt is a Pulitzer Prize winning American literary critic, theorist and scholar.
Steve Coll
Steve Coll (born October 8, 1958 in Washington, D.C.) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and writer.
Steve Coll (born October 8, 1958 in Washington, D.C.) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and writer.
Susan Sheehan
Susan Sheehan (née Sachsel, born August 24, 1937), is an American writer.
Susan Sheehan (née Sachsel, born August 24, 1937), is an American writer.
The Story of Civilization
The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an eleven-volume set of books covering Western history for the general reader.
The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an eleven-volume set of books covering Western history for the general reader.
Theodore H. White
Theodore Harold White (May 6, 1915 – May 15, 1986) was an American political journalist, historian, and novelist, known for his wartime reporting from China and accounts of the 1960, 1964, 1968,...
Theodore Harold White (May 6, 1915 – May 15, 1986) was an American political journalist, historian, and novelist, known for his wartime reporting from China and accounts of the 1960, 1964, 1968,...
Tina Rosenberg
Tina Rosenberg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.
Tina Rosenberg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.
Tracy Kidder
John Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer of the 1981 nonfiction narrative The Soul of a New Machine, about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation.
John Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer of the 1981 nonfiction narrative The Soul of a New Machine, about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation.
William W. Warner
William W. Warner (April 2, 1920 – April 18, 2008) was an American biologist and writer.
William W. Warner (April 2, 1920 – April 18, 2008) was an American biologist and writer.