Willard Sterne Randall at the NYS Writers Institute in 2011

Willard Sterne Randall is a prize-winning biographer of leading figures of the American Revolutionary War period. Randall's new book, Ethan Allen: His Life and Times (2011), is a revelatory portrait of the flamboyant guerrilla fighter and Vermont patriot.

Randall's previous books include A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin and His Son (1984), Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor (1990), a New York Times Notable Book, Thomas Jefferson: A Life (1993), George Washington: A Life (1998), Forgotten Americans: Footnote Figures Who Changed American History (1999), and Alexander Hamilton: A Life (2003).

Randall is Visiting Professor of Humanities at Champlain College in Vermont. A contributing editor to American Heritage Magazine and MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, he regularly reviews biographies for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe and Journal of American History.

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