Honor roll:Biography authors
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Each of these Biography authors has received at least one award nomination. They are ranked by honors received for their Biography books.
See also:
| 1 | Russell Freedman (155.15: 4/11) | 135 | Edward Conlon (18.55: 0/1) | 269 | Fredrick McKissack (10.43: 1/1) |
| 2 | Daniel Stashower (138.16: 2/4) | 136 | Miranda Carter (18.52: 0/1) | 270 | John Mack Faragher (10.43: 1/1) |
| 3 | Robert A. Caro (126.43: 4/6) | 137 | Jon Krakauer (18.48: 0/1) | 271 | Patricia C. McKissack (10.43: 1/1) |
| 4 | David McCullough (86.22: 3/5) | 138 | Bill Peet (18.40: 0/1) | 272 | Art Spiegelman (10.42: 1/1) |
| 5 | Leslie S. Klinger (81.66: 1/3) | 139 | Tonya Bolden (17.17: 1/2) | 273 | Blanche Wiesen Cook (10.42: 1/1) |
| 6 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (81.66: 1/3) | 140 | T.J. Stiles (17.11: 1/2) | 274 | Carol Brightman (10.42: 1/1) |
| 7 | Brenda Maddox (76.30: 3/5) | 141 | John Guy (17.08: 1/2) | 275 | Lewis B. Puller, Jr. (10.42: 1/1) |
| 8 | Charles Foley (73.16: 1/2) | 142 | Andrew X. Pham (17.07: 1/2) | 276 | Norman Maclean (10.42: 1/1) |
| 9 | Jon Lellenberg (73.16: 1/2) | 143 | Francine du Plessix Gray (17.04: 1/2) | 277 | Paul Monette (10.42: 1/1) |
| 10 | Melanie Rehak (73.12: 1/2) | 144 | Jonathan Weiner (17.03: 1/2) | 278 | Adrian Desmond (10.41: 1/1) |
| 11 | Joseph J. Ellis (65.96: 2/4) | 145 | Paul Hoffman (17.02: 1/2) | 279 | Gillian Gill (10.41: 1/1) |
| 12 | Mike Ashley (63.58: 1/3) | 146 | Diana Souhami (16.99: 1/2) | 280 | James Moore (10.41: 1/1) |
| 13 | Andrew Wilson (57.08: 1/2) | 147 | Jenny Uglow (16.99: 1/2) | 281 | John Conquest (10.41: 1/1) |
| 14 | Judith Thurman (55.31: 2/3) | 148 | Norman Sherry (16.95: 1/2) | 282 | Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (10.41: 1/1) |
| 15 | Simon Sebag Montefiore (53.14: 1/2) | 149 | Stacy Schiff (16.95: 1/2) | 283 | Philip Roth (10.41: 1/1) |
| 16 | Tony Hillerman (53.04: 1/2) | 150 | Leroy Panek (16.92: 1/2) | 284 | Ann Thwaite (10.40: 1/1) |
| 17 | Herbert P. Bix (53.02: 1/2) | 151 | Richard Mabey (16.91: 1/2) | 285 | Jonathan Goodman (10.40: 1/1) |
| 18 | Mikal Gilmore (52.88: 1/2) | 152 | John Loughery (16.89: 1/2) | 286 | Richard Fletcher (10.40: 1/1) |
| 19 | Geoffrey C. Ward (52.80: 1/2) | 153 | William S. McFeely (16.74: 1/2) | 287 | Sebastian De Grazia (10.40: 1/1) |
| 20 | Diane Stanley (52.22: 1/5) | 154 | R.W.B. Lewis (16.67: 1/2) | 288 | Francis M. Nevins, Jr. (10.39: 1/1) |
| 21 | Graham Robb (51.44: 1/3) | 155 | Kathryn Lasky (13.11: 0/2) | 289 | Ian Gibson (10.39: 1/1) |
| 22 | Claire Tomalin (50.01: 2/4) | 156 | David Halberstam (13.10: 0/2) | 290 | Michael Dorris (10.39: 1/1) |
| 23 | Taylor Branch (48.95: 1/2) | 157 | David Nasaw (13.07: 0/2) | 291 | A.N. Wilson (10.38: 1/1) |
| 24 | John Richardson (45.85: 1/4) | 158 | Ben Macintyre (13.05: 0/2) | 292 | Bernard Wasserstein (10.38: 1/1) |
| 25 | Candace Fleming (45.18: 1/2) | 159 | Gillian Darley (13.05: 0/2) | 293 | Brian McGuinness (10.38: 1/1) |
| 26 | Debby Applegate (45.14: 1/2) | 160 | Philip Short (13.05: 0/2) | 294 | David Herbert Donald (10.38: 1/1) |
| 27 | Joan Didion (45.10: 1/2) | 161 | Elizabeth Partridge (13.04: 0/2) | 295 | Robert V. Bruce (10.38: 1/1) |
| 28 | Adam Sisman (45.02: 1/2) | 162 | Robert Burleigh (13.04: 0/2) | 296 | Virginia Hamilton (10.38: 1/1) |
| 29 | Marilyn Nelson (45.02: 1/2) | 163 | H.P. Lovecraft (13.03: 0/2) | 297 | Christopher Nolan (author) (10.37: 1/1) |
| 30 | Alice Kaplan (45.00: 1/2) | 164 | Anthony Bailey (12.98: 0/2) | 298 | David Garrow (10.37: 1/1) |
| 31 | Tom Nolan (45.00: 1/2) | 165 | David A. Adler (12.98: 0/2) | 299 | Donald R. Howard (10.37: 1/1) |
| 32 | Sam Tanenhaus (44.94: 1/2) | 166 | Terry Widener (12.98: 0/2) | 300 | Eric Ambler (10.37: 1/1) |
| 33 | Norman Mailer (44.60: 1/2) | 167 | David Hajdu (12.97: 0/2) | 301 | Kenneth S. Lynn (10.37: 1/1) |
| 34 | David Levering Lewis (43.46: 2/3) | 168 | Albert Marrin (12.94: 0/2) | 302 | Ruth Dudley Edwards (10.37: 1/1) |
| 35 | Willetta L. Heising (43.46: 2/3) | 169 | Antonia Fraser (12.94: 0/2) | 303 | Elizabeth Frank (10.36: 1/1) |
| 36 | Kenneth Silverman (43.19: 2/3) | 170 | Dennis Overbye (12.91: 0/2) | 304 | Felicitas Corrigan (10.36: 1/1) |
| 37 | Brian Selznick (39.61: 1/3) | 171 | Benita Eisler (12.90: 0/2) | 305 | Maynard Mack (10.36: 1/1) |
| 38 | Kate Summerscale (37.06: 0/2) | 172 | Judith St. George (12.86: 0/2) | 306 | Peter Lewis (10.36: 1/1) |
| 39 | Doris May Lessing (33.35: 1/3) | 173 | Sean Qualls (12.59: 0/1) | 307 | Ben Pimlott (10.35: 1/1) |
| 40 | Jon Meacham (33.18: 1/2) | 174 | Jean Gould O'Connell (12.58: 0/1) | 308 | David Nokes (10.35: 1/1) |
| 41 | Paula J. Giddings (33.16: 1/2) | 175 | Tom Bissell (12.58: 0/1) | 309 | Evan S. Connell (10.35: 1/1) |
| 42 | Edwidge Danticat (33.14: 1/2) | 176 | Arnold Rampersad (12.57: 0/1) | 310 | Leon Edel (10.35: 1/1) |
| 43 | Tim Jeal (33.14: 1/2) | 177 | Hallie Ephron (12.56: 0/1) | 311 | Michael Scammell (10.35: 1/1) |
| 44 | Daniel Mendelsohn (33.12: 1/2) | 178 | Maggie Fergusson (12.56: 0/1) | 312 | Mike Weiss (10.35: 1/1) |
| 45 | David Hackett Fischer (33.10: 1/2) | 179 | Suzanne Jurmain (12.56: 0/1) | 313 | Studs Terkel (10.35: 1/1) |
| 46 | Elizabeth Peters (33.06: 1/2) | 180 | Darrell B. Lockhart (12.55: 0/1) | 314 | Donald Spoto (10.34: 1/1) |
| 47 | Pam Muñoz Ryan (33.06: 1/2) | 181 | Jonathan Coe (12.55: 0/1) | 315 | Ernst Pawel (10.34: 1/1) |
| 48 | Rebecca Solnit (33.06: 1/2) | 182 | Julian Rubinstein (12.55: 0/1) | 316 | Joseph Frank (10.34: 1/1) |
| 49 | Robert Byrd (33.06: 1/2) | 183 | Nigel Farndale (12.55: 0/1) | 317 | Louis R. Harlan (10.34: 1/1) |
| 50 | Hilary Spurling (33.04: 1/2) | 184 | William Dalrymple (12.54: 0/1) | 318 | Lyndall Gordon (10.34: 1/1) |
| 51 | Louis Menand (33.04: 1/2) | 185 | Caroline Moorehead (12.53: 0/1) | 319 | Robert V. Remini (10.34: 1/1) |
| 52 | Stephen King (33.00: 1/2) | 186 | Eddie Muller (12.53: 0/1) | 320 | Shana Alexander (10.34: 1/1) |
| 53 | Ted Conover (33.00: 1/2) | 187 | Jack Gantos (12.53: 0/1) | 321 | Abraham Pais (10.33: 1/1) |
| 54 | Dava Sobel (32.98: 1/2) | 188 | Robert Andrew Parker (12.53: 0/1) | 322 | Alan Walker (10.33: 1/1) |
| 55 | Carol McGinnis Kay (32.96: 1/2) | 189 | Wendie Old (12.53: 0/1) | 323 | James R. Mellow (10.33: 1/1) |
| 56 | Natalie Hevener Kaufman (32.96: 1/2) | 190 | Elizabeth Gilbert (12.52: 0/1) | 324 | Joyce Johnson (10.33: 1/1) |
| 57 | Sylvia Nasar (32.96: 1/2) | 191 | Geoffrey Wall (12.52: 0/1) | 325 | Kenneth Rose (10.33: 1/1) |
| 58 | Alan Taylor (32.92: 1/2) | 192 | Josephine Hammett (12.52: 0/1) | 326 | Roy Hoopes (10.33: 1/1) |
| 59 | Gitta Sereny (32.90: 1/2) | 193 | Michael J. Hayde (12.52: 0/1) | 327 | Russell Baker (10.33: 1/1) |
| 60 | Joan D. Hedrick (32.90: 1/2) | 194 | Richard Bleiler (12.52: 0/1) | 328 | C. Vann Woodward (10.32: 1/1) |
| 61 | Edmund White (32.86: 1/2) | 195 | Alan Govenar (12.51: 0/1) | 329 | Edward Crankshaw (10.32: 1/1) |
| 62 | Gregory White Smith (32.82: 1/2) | 196 | Bruce Campbell (12.51: 0/1) | 330 | Gay Wilson Allen (10.32: 1/1) |
| 63 | Steven Naifeh (32.82: 1/2) | 197 | Laura Hillenbrand (12.51: 0/1) | 331 | Mary Chesnut (10.32: 1/1) |
| 64 | Tom H. Watkins (32.82: 1/2) | 198 | Martin Booth (12.51: 0/1) | 332 | Robert Lyons Danly (10.32: 1/1) |
| 65 | Shelby Steele (32.80: 1/2) | 199 | Matthew Bunson (12.51: 0/1) | 333 | Robert W. Greene (10.32: 1/1) |
| 66 | Aranka Siegal (32.64: 1/2) | 200 | Shane W. Evans (12.51: 0/1) | 334 | Jane Kramer (10.31: 1/1) |
| 67 | David Kherdian (32.58: 1/2) | 201 | Catherine Aird (12.50: 0/1) | 335 | Justin Kaplan (10.31: 1/1) |
| 68 | Victoria Glendinning (31.06: 3/3) | 202 | Rosemary Herbert (12.50: 0/1) | 336 | Maxine Hong Kingston (10.31: 1/1) |
| 69 | Jeffrey Marks (31.05: 0/2) | 203 | Susan Oleksiw (12.50: 0/1) | 337 | Nigel Hamilton (10.31: 1/1) |
| 70 | Edmund Morris (30.81: 2/2) | 204 | Anita Lobel (12.49: 0/1) | 338 | Robert K. Massie (10.31: 1/1) |
| 71 | A. Scott Berg (30.79: 2/2) | 205 | Harold Bloom (12.48: 0/1) | 339 | Sidney Poitier (10.31: 1/1) |
| 72 | Richard Ellmann (30.71: 2/2) | 206 | Fox Butterfield (12.46: 0/1) | 340 | David Newsome (10.30: 1/1) |
| 73 | Annalyn Swan (30.55: 1/1) | 207 | Kathleen Krull (12.43: 0/1) | 341 | Henry A. Kissinger (10.30: 1/1) |
| 74 | Mark Stevens (30.55: 1/1) | 208 | Kathryn Hewitt (12.43: 0/1) | 342 | Lauren Bacall (10.30: 1/1) |
| 75 | Frank McCourt (30.47: 1/1) | 209 | Patricia O'toole (12.41: 0/1) | 343 | Malcolm Cowley (10.30: 1/1) |
| 76 | J. Anthony Lukas (30.36: 1/1) | 210 | David Craig (10.59: 1/1) | 344 | Ralph E. Hone (10.30: 1/1) |
| 77 | James Cross Giblin (30.07: 1/4) | 211 | Phillip Hoose (10.59: 1/1) | 345 | Robert Bernard Martin (10.30: 1/1) |
| 78 | Ron Chernow (29.42: 1/3) | 212 | Shelley Tanaka (10.59: 1/1) | 346 | Sheldon Vanauken (10.30: 1/1) |
| 79 | Richard Holmes (27.31: 2/3) | 213 | Ariel Sabar (10.58: 1/1) | 347 | Tom Wolfe (10.30: 1/1) |
| 80 | H.W. Brands (25.10: 0/2) | 214 | Barton Gellman (10.58: 1/1) | 348 | Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (10.29: 1/1) |
| 81 | Ian Kershaw (24.99: 0/2) | 215 | Diana Athill (10.58: 1/1) | 349 | Brian Finney (10.29: 1/1) |
| 82 | James Gleick (24.97: 0/2) | 216 | John Matteson (10.58: 1/1) | 350 | Gwen Robyns (10.29: 1/1) |
| 83 | Laurie Roberts (24.56: 0/1) | 217 | Kester Aspden (10.58: 1/1) | 351 | Leonard Baker (10.29: 1/1) |
| 84 | Stuart M. Kaminsky (24.56: 0/1) | 218 | Michael Holroyd (10.58: 1/1) | 352 | Penelope Mortimer (10.29: 1/1) |
| 85 | Stephen Greenblatt (24.55: 0/1) | 219 | Patrick French (10.58: 1/1) | 353 | Ilse Koehn (10.28: 1/1) |
| 86 | Colleen Barnett (24.54: 0/1) | 220 | Rosemary Hill (10.57: 1/1) | 354 | John Grigg (10.28: 1/1) |
| 87 | Max Allan Collins (24.52: 0/1) | 221 | Tim Lucas (10.57: 1/1) | 355 | John J. McAleer (10.28: 1/1) |
| 88 | Margaret C. Thomas (24.51: 0/1) | 222 | Brian Thompson (10.56: 1/1) | 356 | Mitsumasa Anno (10.28: 1/1) |
| 89 | Martha Hailey Dubose (24.51: 0/1) | 223 | Byron Rogers (10.56: 1/1) | 357 | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (10.28: 1/1) |
| 90 | Deirdre Bair (23.24: 1/3) | 224 | Julie Phillips (10.56: 1/1) | 358 | Robert Gittings (10.28: 1/1) |
| 91 | Doris Kearns Goodwin (23.00: 1/2) | 225 | Gina Hill (10.55: 1/1) | 359 | Chris Steinbrunner (10.27: 1/1) |
| 92 | Tobias Wolff (22.84: 1/2) | 226 | Gregg Hill (10.55: 1/1) | 360 | George D. Painter (10.27: 1/1) |
| 93 | John M. Reilly (22.81: 1/2) | 227 | Sue Prideaux (10.55: 1/1) | 361 | James Haskins (10.27: 1/1) |
| 94 | Henry Wiencek (21.02: 2/2) | 228 | Svetlana Alexievich (10.55: 1/1) | 362 | John E. Mack (10.27: 1/1) |
| 95 | Neal Gabler (20.95: 2/2) | 229 | Jonathan Bate (10.54: 1/1) | 363 | Nigel Nicolson (10.27: 1/1) |
| 96 | Peter Ackroyd (20.82: 2/2) | 230 | Carlos Eire (10.53: 1/1) | 364 | Otto Penzler (10.27: 1/1) |
| 97 | Jean Fritz (20.74: 2/2) | 231 | D.J. Taylor (10.53: 1/1) | 365 | David Brion Davis (10.26: 1/1) |
| 98 | Jon L. Breen (20.67: 2/2) | 232 | Neil Smith (10.53: 1/1) | 366 | Paul Horgan (10.26: 1/1) |
| 99 | Theodore Rosengarten (20.61: 2/2) | 233 | Dawn B. Sova (10.52: 1/1) | 367 | Ronald Hingley (10.26: 1/1) |
| 100 | Kai Bird (20.56: 1/1) | 234 | Lilian Pizzichini (10.52: 1/1) | 368 | Winifred Gerin (10.26: 1/1) |
| 101 | Martin J. Sherwin (20.56: 1/1) | 235 | Pascal Khoo Thwe (10.52: 1/1) | 369 | Bernard Bailyn (10.25: 1/1) |
| 102 | William Taubman (20.54: 1/1) | 236 | Ethan Lewis (10.51: 1/1) | 370 | Dumas Malone (10.25: 1/1) |
| 103 | Janet Browne (20.53: 1/1) | 237 | Richard Hamblyn (10.51: 1/1) | 371 | Helen Corke (10.25: 1/1) |
| 104 | Francis Steegmuller (20.52: 2/2) | 238 | Robert Kuhn McGregor (10.51: 1/1) | 372 | Karl Miller (10.25: 1/1) |
| 105 | Marc Aronson (20.51: 1/1) | 239 | Robert Skidelsky (10.51: 1/1) | 373 | Richard B. Sewall (10.25: 1/1) |
| 106 | W.A. Swanberg (20.50: 2/2) | 240 | Edward Bunker (10.50: 1/1) | 374 | Roger Shattuck (10.25: 1/1) |
| 107 | George Ford (20.48: 1/2) | 241 | Lorna Sage (10.50: 1/1) | 375 | Andrew Boyle (10.24: 1/1) |
| 108 | Sharon Bell Mathis (20.48: 1/2) | 242 | Martin Amis (10.50: 1/1) | 376 | Douglas Day (10.24: 1/1) |
| 109 | Diarmaid MacCulloch (20.46: 1/1) | 243 | Michael David Kwan (10.50: 1/1) | 377 | John Wain (10.24: 1/1) |
| 110 | Robert Polito (20.46: 1/1) | 244 | Ruby Bridges (10.50: 1/1) | 378 | Karen Brazell (10.24: 1/1) |
| 111 | Natalie S. Bober (20.45: 1/1) | 245 | William J. Cooper (10.50: 1/1) | 379 | Louis Scheaffer (10.24: 1/1) |
| 112 | Charles Nicholl (20.42: 1/1) | 246 | David Cairns (10.49: 1/1) | 380 | Maurice Natanson (10.24: 1/1) |
| 113 | Seymour Hersh (20.33: 1/1) | 247 | Kathryn Hughes (10.49: 1/1) | 381 | Alfred Duckett (10.23: 1/1) |
| 114 | Ronald Steel (20.32: 1/1) | 248 | Maureen Corrigan (10.49: 1/1) | 382 | Jackie Robinson (10.23: 1/1) |
| 115 | Jacobo Timerman (20.31: 1/1) | 249 | Robin Winks (10.49: 1/1) | 383 | James Thomas Flexner (10.23: 1/1) |
| 116 | Toby Talbot (20.31: 1/1) | 250 | Schoschana Rabinovici (10.49: 1/1) | 384 | John Wilson (10.23: 1/1) |
| 117 | Walter Jackson Bate (20.28: 1/1) | 251 | Amanda Foreman (10.48: 1/1) | 385 | Lewis Chester (10.23: 1/1) |
| 118 | John Clive (20.24: 1/1) | 252 | Gary Giddins (10.48: 1/1) | 386 | Magnus Linklater (10.23: 1/1) |
| 119 | Joseph Lash (20.22: 1/1) | 253 | Katharine Graham (10.48: 1/1) | 387 | Robin Lane Fox (10.23: 1/1) |
| 120 | James MacGregor Burns (20.21: 1/1) | 254 | Arlene Schulman (10.47: 1/1) | 388 | Stephen Fay (10.23: 1/1) |
| 121 | Erik H. Erikson (20.20: 1/1) | 255 | James Tobin (10.47: 1/1) | 389 | Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (10.22: 1/1) |
| 122 | T. Harry Williams (20.20: 1/1) | 256 | Michael Atkinson (10.47: 1/1) | 390 | Elton C. Fax (10.22: 1/1) |
| 123 | David E. Schultz (19.56: 0/3) | 257 | Paul Britton (10.47: 1/1) | 391 | James Pope-Hennessy (10.22: 1/1) |
| 124 | S.T. Joshi (19.54: 0/3) | 258 | R.F. Foster (10.47: 1/1) | 392 | Quentin Bell (10.22: 1/1) |
| 125 | Jan Greenberg (19.53: 0/3) | 259 | Andrea Warren (10.46: 1/1) | 393 | Charlemae Rollins (10.21: 1/1) |
| 126 | Sandra Jane Jordan (19.53: 0/3) | 260 | Jack Miles (10.46: 1/1) | 394 | Julia Namier (10.21: 1/1) |
| 127 | Carole Boston Weatherford (19.18: 0/2) | 261 | James Carroll (10.46: 1/1) | 395 | Lawrence Roger Thompson (10.21: 1/1) |
| 128 | Hermione Lee (19.04: 0/2) | 262 | Edward O. Wilson (10.45: 1/1) | 396 | Michael Meyer (10.21: 1/1) |
| 129 | Julie M. Rivett (19.04: 0/2) | 263 | Gregory Howard Williams (10.45: 1/1) | 397 | Raymond Phineas Stearns (10.21: 1/1) |
| 130 | Richard Laymon (19.04: 0/2) | 264 | Roy Jenkins (10.45: 1/1) | 398 | Dean Acheson (10.20: 1/1) |
| 131 | Steve Coll (18.59: 0/1) | 265 | William L. Deandrea (10.45: 1/1) | 399 | Isaac Bashevis Singer (10.20: 1/1) |
| 132 | Jackie Wullschlager (18.58: 0/1) | 266 | Bella Stumbo (10.44: 1/1) | 400 | Jasper Ridley (10.20: 1/1) |
| 133 | Terri Jentz (18.57: 0/1) | 267 | Burl Barer (10.44: 1/1) | 401 | Lillian Hellman (10.20: 1/1) |
| 134 | Alexander Masters (18.56: 0/1) | 268 | Andrew Motion (10.43: 1/1) | 402 | Lillie Patterson (10.20: 1/1) |
