Evan Thomas

Thomas discusses First: Sandra Day O’Connor, his intimate, inspiring and authoritative detailed account of the life of the first female Supreme Court Justice. Drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access, Thomas’ bestselling biography was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post.

Thomas served as a writer, correspondent, and editor for 33 years at Time and Newsweek, including 10 years as Washington bureau chief at Newsweek, where he later served as editor-at-large, retiring in 2010. He wrote more than 100 cover stories. He wrote Newsweek‘s 50,000-word election specials in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. The 2004 election special issue won a National Magazine Award.

Thomas has appeared on many TV and radio talk shows, including Meet the Press and The Colbert Report, and has been a guest on PBS’s Charlie Rose more than forty times.

Thomas’ other acclaimed works of nonfiction include Being Nixon, Ike’s Bluff, The War Lovers, Sea of Thunder, John Paul Jones, Robert Kennedy, The Very Best Men, The Man to See, and The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson).

Thomas has taught writing and journalism at Harvard University and Princeton, is a fellow member of the Society of American Historians, and graduated from Harvard and the University of Virginia Law School.