Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore, born on August twenty-seventh, nineteen sixty-six, is a distinguished American historian and journalist. She holds the prestigious title of David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since two thousand five. Her work spans a wide array of topics, including American history, law, literature, and politics.

Throughout her career, Lepore has contributed essays and reviews to numerous esteemed publications, such as The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Journal of American History, Foreign Affairs, the Yale Law Journal, The American Scholar, and the American Quarterly. Her insightful writings have garnered significant attention and acclaim.

Three of her notable books are adaptations of her essays from The New Yorker: The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death, published in two thousand twelve and recognized as a finalist for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction; The Story of America: Essays on Origins, also from two thousand twelve, which was shortlisted for the PEN Literary Award for the Art of the Essay; and The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle for American History, released in two thousand ten.

In addition to these works, Lepore's The Secret History of Wonder Woman, published in two thousand fourteen, received the American History Book Prize in two thousand fifteen, further solidifying her reputation as a leading voice in American historical discourse.