biographer
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In the words of biographer David Reynolds, Brown’s execution helped “spark” the Civil War.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026
He cites a particular debt to biographer Meryle Secrest’s extensive taped interviews, from the mid-1990s, with Sondheim and others.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Not a bad legacy, considering George Downing is summarized by his biographer thus: “Liar, blackmailer, seducer and thief, this double-dealing shapeshifter would betray both friends and principles without a moment’s misgiving.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
There is no better literary biographer now writing than Richard Holmes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
“The days of the small Bureau were over,” Hoover’s biographer Curt Gentry observed.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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