Jon Meacham

Editor of Newsweek and author of Franklin and Winston and American Lion, Jon Meacham was named one of the most influential editors in the news magazine business by The New York Times. A skilled raconteur and eloquent speaker, he understands important issues and events in all of their complexity and how they impact our lives.

Meacham is responsible for all day-to-day editorial operations of Newsweek and has written many cover stories. His bestseller, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, explored the fascinating relationship between the two leaders who piloted the free world to victory in World War II. TIME declared it masterful, and The Washington Post proclaimed it a memorable achievement.

His most recent New York Times bestseller, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Nov. '08), won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was cited as an unlikely portrait of a not always admirable democrat, but a pivotal president, written with an agile prose that brings the Jackson saga to life.

His previous book, American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, was also a New York Times bestseller. USA Today said it provides an enlightening look at how the founding fathers discovered ways to tame but not extinguish the fires of faith.

A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Global Leader for Tomorrow of the World Economic Forum in Davos, he has appeared on such programs as The Charlie Rose Show, The Today Show, The OReilly Factor and The Colbert Report.

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