Authors / person-david-maraniss

David Maraniss

American journalist.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2003—2022

Recognition span

Author in the index

David Maraniss has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2003 and 2022. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Los Angeles Times Book Prize3

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize1

Plutarch Award1

Pulitzer Prize1

Subject profile

Biography2

History2

Indexed works

Books by David Maraniss

4 books · sorted by recognition

They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967History200210 pts Once in a Great City: A Detroit StoryHistory20156 pts Barack Obama: The StoryBiography20124 pts Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim ThorpeBiography—4 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2002	They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967	History	10	1	3	Simon & Schuster
2015	Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story	History	6	1	2	Simon & Schuster
2012	Barack Obama: The Story	Biography	4	0	2	Simon & Schuster
—	Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe	Biography	4	0	1	Unknown

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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