Jonathan Eig is the author of six books, four of them New York Times best sellers, as well as four books for children. He is a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal. His works have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
His most recent book is “King: A Life.” His previous book, Ali: A Life,” was the winner of the PEN Award and hailed as an “epic” by Joyce Carol Oates in her New York Times review.
His other books are: “Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig;” “Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season;” “Get Capone;” and “The Birth of the Pill.”
Jonathan served as consulting producer on the Ken Burns PBS documentary on Muhammad Ali.
Books in order of publication:
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (2005)
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season (2007)
Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster (2010)
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution (2014)
Ali: A Life (2017)
Score for Imagination – 2020
Some Pigtails – 2020
The D.O.G. – 2021
Everybody’s Home – 2021
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