January 16th, 2026
Mark Twain, published in May 2025 by Penguin Press, is this celebrated, multiple award-winning biographer’s latest book. Chernow is the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal, and his first book,
The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award. Chernow’s
Washington: A Life won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and
Alexander Hamilton—the inspiration for the Broadway musical—won the George Washington Book Prize. Ron Chernow, a former president of PEN America, has twice…
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Tags: alexander hamilton, biographers, Biographers International Organization, biography, John A. Farrell, Mark Twain, podcast, Pulitzer Prize, ron chernow
January 9th, 2026
Mark Twain, published in May 2025 by Penguin Press, is this celebrated, multiple award-winning biographer’s latest book. Chernow is the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal, and his first book,
The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award. Chernow’s
Washington: A Life won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and
Alexander Hamilton—the inspiration for the Broadway musical—won the George Washington Book Prize. Ron Chernow has twice been a finalist for the National…
Read More »
Published under:
Tags: alexander hamilton, biographers, Biographers International Organization, biography, John A. Farrell, Mark Twain, podcast, Pulitzer Prize, ron chernow
