Honor roll: Biography authors

Each of these Biography authors has received at least one award nomination. They are ranked by honors received for their works in this category.

1Russell Freedman (102.46)101Jacobo Timerman (20.31)201Albert Marrin (12.94)
2Robert A. Caro (73.5)102Walter Jackson Bate (20.28)202Antonia Fraser (12.94)
3Daniel Stashower (69.08)103John Clive (20.24)203Dennis Overbye (12.91)
4David McCullough (53.27)104Joseph Lash (20.22)204Benita Eisler (12.9)
5Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (53.11)105James MacGregor Burns (20.21)205Judith St. George (12.86)
6Leslie S. Klinger (53.11)106T. Harry Williams (20.2)206Raina Telgemeier (12.63)
7Taylor Branch (48.95)107Erik H. Erikson (20.2)207Diane Ackerman (12.62)
8Ron Chernow (46.03)108David E. Schultz (19.56)208Lauren Redniss (12.61)
9Hilary Spurling (43.64)109S.T. Joshi (19.54)209S.C. Gwynne (12.61)
10Brenda Maddox (43.35)110Jan Greenberg (19.53)210Selina Hastings (12.6)
11Claire Tomalin (40.1)111Sandra Jane Jordan (19.53)211Christopher Hitchens (12.6)
12Edmund Morris (37.41)112Carole Boston Weatherford (19.18)212Barbara Demick (12.6)
13Kate Summerscale (37.06)113Bev Vincent (19.14)213Lisa Rogak (12.6)
14James Cross Giblin (36.66)114Caroline Moorehead (19.12)214Jeff Guinn (12.6)
15John Curran (36.61)115Julie M. Rivett (19.04)215Martha A. Sandweiss (12.59)
16Jon Lellenberg (36.58)116Hermione Lee (19.04)216Sean Qualls (12.59)
17Charles Foley (36.58)117Richard Laymon (19.04)217Tracy Kidder (12.59)
18Melanie Rehak (36.56)118Mary Gabriel (18.62)218Jean Gould O'Connell (12.58)
19Diane Stanley (35.75)119Steven Doyle (18.61)219Tom Bissell (12.58)
20Mike Ashley (35.05)120David A. Crowder (18.61)220Arnold Rampersad (12.57)
21Yunte Huang (34.61)121Deborah Heiligman (18.6)221Maggie Fergusson (12.56)
22Elizabeth Partridge (33.64)122Joan Schenkar (18.6)222Hallie Ephron (12.56)
23Doris May Lessing (33.35)123Steve Coll (18.59)223Suzanne Jurmain (12.56)
24Candace Fleming (33.21)124Jackie Wullschlager (18.58)224Julian Rubinstein (12.55)
25Joseph J. Ellis (32.98)125Terri Jentz (18.57)225Darrell B. Lockhart (12.55)
26Judith Thurman (32.82)126Alexander Masters (18.56)226Jonathan Coe (12.55)
27Victoria Glendinning (31.06)127Edward Conlon (18.55)227Nigel Farndale (12.55)
28Jeffrey Marks (31.05)128Jon Krakauer (18.48)228William Dalrymple (12.54)
29A. Scott Berg (30.79)129Bill Peet (18.4)229Robert Andrew Parker (12.53)
30Richard Ellmann (30.71)130Tonya Bolden (17.17)230Wendie Old (12.53)
31Annalyn Swan (30.55)131Dave Eggers (17.1)231Eddie Muller (12.53)
32Mark Stevens (30.55)132John Guy (17.08)232Jack Gantos (12.53)
33Frank McCourt (30.47)133Andrew X. Pham (17.07)233Richard Bleiler (12.52)
34J. Anthony Lukas (30.36)134Francine du Plessix Gray (17.04)234Josephine Hammett (12.52)
35John Richardson (29.44)135Jonathan Weiner (17.03)235Elizabeth Gilbert (12.52)
36Blake Bailey (29.13)136Paul Hoffman (17.02)236Michael J. Hayde (12.52)
37Graham Robb (28.98)137Diana Souhami (16.99)237Geoffrey Wall (12.52)
38Andrew Wilson (28.54)138Jenny Uglow (16.99)238Matthew Bunson (12.51)
39Richard Holmes (27.31)139Norman Sherry (16.95)239Martin Booth (12.51)
40Kai Bird (27.16)140Stacy Schiff (16.95)240Alan Govenar (12.51)
41T.J. Stiles (27.12)141Michael Scammell (16.94)241Shane W. Evans (12.51)
42Willetta L. Heising (26.96)142Robert K. Massie (16.92)242Bruce Campbell (12.51)
43David Levering Lewis (26.95)143Leroy Panek (16.92)243Catherine Aird (12.5)
44Kenneth Silverman (26.77)144Richard Mabey (16.91)244Susan Oleksiw (12.5)
45Simon Sebag Montefiore (26.57)145John Loughery (16.89)245Rosemary Herbert (12.5)
46Tony Hillerman (26.52)146William S. McFeely (16.74)246Anita Lobel (12.49)
47Herbert P. Bix (26.51)147R.W.B. Lewis (16.67)247Harold Bloom (12.48)
48Mikal Gilmore (26.44)148Bryan Collier (16.61)248Fox Butterfield (12.46)
49Geoffrey C. Ward (26.4)149Douglas Starr (16.61)249Kathleen Krull (12.43)
50Miranda Carter (25.12)150Laban Carrick Hill (16.61)250Kathryn Hewitt (12.43)
51H.W. Brands (25.1)151Thomas Powers (16.6)251Patricia O'toole (12.41)
52Ian Kershaw (24.99)152Tanya Lee Stone (16.6)252Candice Millard (10.62)
53James Gleick (24.97)153Sarah Bakewell (16.6)253John A. Farrell (10.61)
54Greg Grandin (24.6)154Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (16.6)254Mira Bartók (10.61)
55Stuart M. Kaminsky (24.56)155R. Gregory Christie (16.6)255Matthew Hollis (10.61)
56Laurie Roberts (24.56)156Jon Meacham (16.59)256Eric Foner (10.61)
57Stephen Greenblatt (24.55)157Paula J. Giddings (16.58)257Steve Sheinkin (10.61)
58Colleen Barnett (24.54)158Edwidge Danticat (16.57)258Charles Foran (10.61)
59Max Allan Collins (24.52)159Tim Jeal (16.57)259Liaquat Ahamed (10.6)
60Margaret C. Thomas (24.51)160Daniel Mendelsohn (16.56)260Ashley Bryan (10.6)
61Martha Hailey Dubose (24.51)161John Vaillant (16.56)261Darin Strauss (10.6)
62Deirdre Bair (23.24)162David Hackett Fischer (16.55)262Edmund de Waal (10.6)
63Laura Hillenbrand (23.11)163Robert Byrd (16.54)263Oren Harman (10.6)
64Brian Selznick (23.08)164Elizabeth Peters (16.54)264John Carey (10.59)
65Edmund White (23.03)165Pam Muñoz Ryan (16.53)265Linda Gordon (10.59)
66Doris Kearns Goodwin (23)166Rebecca Solnit (16.53)266Shelley Tanaka (10.59)
67Tobias Wolff (22.84)167Louis Menand (16.52)267David Craig (10.59)
68John M. Reilly (22.81)168Ted Conover (16.51)268Patrick French (10.58)
69Phillip Hoose (22.6)169Dava Sobel (16.5)269John Matteson (10.58)
70Patti Smith (22.6)170Stephen King (16.5)270Kester Aspden (10.58)
71Debby Applegate (22.57)171Sylvia Nasar (16.49)271Ariel Sabar (10.58)
72Joan Didion (22.56)172Carol McGinnis Kay (16.48)272Michael Holroyd (10.58)
73Marilyn Nelson (22.52)173Natalie Hevener Kaufman (16.48)273Barton Gellman (10.58)
74Adam Sisman (22.51)174Alan Taylor (16.46)274Rosemary Hill (10.57)
75Alice Kaplan (22.5)175Gitta Sereny (16.45)275Tim Lucas (10.57)
76Tom Nolan (22.5)176Joan D. Hedrick (16.45)276Karolyn Smardz Frost (10.57)
77Sam Tanenhaus (22.48)177Shelby Steele (16.41)277Julie Phillips (10.56)
78Norman Mailer (22.3)178Gregory White Smith (16.41)278Byron Rogers (10.56)
79Henry Wiencek (21.02)179Steven Naifeh (16.41)279Brian Thompson (10.56)
80Neal Gabler (20.95)180Tom H. Watkins (16.41)280Gregg Hill (10.55)
81Peter Ackroyd (20.82)181Aranka Siegal (16.32)281Svetlana Alexievich (10.55)
82Jean Fritz (20.74)182David Kherdian (16.3)282Gina Hill (10.55)
83Jon L. Breen (20.67)183David R. Dow (13.2)283Sue Prideaux (10.55)
84John Lewis Gaddis (20.62)184Sam Weller (13.15)284Jonathan Bate (10.54)
85Theodore Rosengarten (20.61)185Kathryn Lasky (13.11)285Neil Smith (10.53)
86Diana Athill (20.59)186David Halberstam (13.1)286D.J. Taylor (10.53)
87Graham Farmelo (20.59)187Fiona MacCarthy (13.07)287Carlos Eire (10.53)
88Martin J. Sherwin (20.56)188David Nasaw (13.07)288Lilian Pizzichini (10.52)
89William Taubman (20.54)189Paul Hendrickson (13.07)289Pascal Khoo Thwe (10.52)
90Janet Browne (20.53)190Gillian Darley (13.05)290Andrew Nikiforuk (10.52)
91Francis Steegmuller (20.52)191Philip Short (13.05)291Dawn B. Sova (10.52)
92Marc Aronson (20.51)192Deborah Baker (13.05)292Robert Skidelsky (10.51)
93W.A. Swanberg (20.5)193Ben Macintyre (13.05)293Ethan Lewis (10.51)
94Robert Polito (20.46)194Robert Burleigh (13.04)294Richard Hamblyn (10.51)
95Diarmaid MacCulloch (20.46)195Ruud Van Der Rol (13.04)295Robert Kuhn McGregor (10.51)
96Natalie S. Bober (20.45)196H.P. Lovecraft (13.03)296Edward Bunker (10.5)
97Charles Nicholl (20.42)197David A. Adler (12.98)297Martin Amis (10.5)
98Seymour Hersh (20.33)198Terry Widener (12.98)298Michael David Kwan (10.5)
99Ronald Steel (20.32)199Anthony Bailey (12.98)299William J. Cooper (10.5)
100Toby Talbot (20.31)200David Hajdu (12.97)300Ruby Bridges (10.5)
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