2011 Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography Winner and Nominees

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

A gripping portrait of the first president of the United States from the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical. Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of…

Isaac Newton

James Gleick

Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution

Mary Gabriel

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

Manning Marable