Ron Chernow

Ronald Chernow born March 3 1949 is an American writer journalist historian and biographer He has written bestselling and awardwinning biographies of historical figures from the world of business finance and American politics He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for his 2010 book Washington A Life He is also the recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for his 1990 book The House of Morgan An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance3 His biographies of Alexander Hamilton 2004 and John D Rockefeller 1998 were both nominated for National Book Critics Circle Awards while the former served as the inspiration for the Hamilton musical for which Chernow worked as a historical consultant Another book The Warburgs The TwentiethCentury Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family was honored with the 1993 George S Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing As a freelance journalist he has written over sixty articles in national publications