Ronald C. White, Jr. is the author of
A. Lincoln: A Biography (2009), a
New York Times,
Washington Post, and
Los Angeles Times bestseller. The book was honored as a best book of 2009 by the
Washington Post,
Christian Science Monitor,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, History Book Club, and Barnes & Noble. His Lincoln biography won the coveted Christopher Award in 2010 which salutes books “that affirm the highest values of the human spirit.”
White is also the author of
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (2002), honored as a
New York Times Notable Book of 2002, and a
Washington Post and
San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, and
The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words (2005), a
Los Angeles Times bestseller, a selection of the History Book Club and the Book-of-the-Month Club.
He is presently writing a comprehensive biography of Ulysses S. Grant which will be published by Random House.
He has lectured at the White House and been interviewed on the PBS News Hour. Dr. White is a graduate of UCLA, Princeton Theological Seminary, with a Ph.D. in Religion and History from Princeton University. He has taught at UCLA, Princeton Theological Seminary, Whitworth University, Colorado College, and San Francisco Theological Seminary. He is a Fellow at the Huntington Library and Visiting Professor of History at UCLA. He lives with his wife, Cynthia, in La Cañada, California.
