He lives in Chicago with his wife and children and shares office space with the laundry machines. But his greatest claim to fame, according to his parents, is that his name once appeared in a Jeopardy question (which was solved correctly for $200). He's appeared on the Today Show, NPR's Fresh Air, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Jonathan began his writing career at age 16, working for his hometown newspaper, The Rockland County (N.Y.) Journal News, studied journalism at Northwestern University, and went on to work as a reporter for The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Dallas Morning News, Chicago Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. His fourth book, The Birth of the Pill, will be staged soon as a theatrical production by TimeLine Theatre in Chicago. His books have been listed among the best of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. 10 on the New York Times bestseller list and won the Casey Award. Jonathan's first book, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, reached No. Joyce Carol Oates called it 'an epic of a biography' that 'reads like a novel.' Esquire magazine named Ali: A Life one of the 25 greatest biographies of all time. He served as consulting producer for the PBS series 'Muhammad Ali,' which was directed by Ken Burns. His works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Jonathan's previous book, Ali: A Life, won a 2018 PEN America Literary Award and was a finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize. His most recent book is 'Ali: A Life,' was the winner of the PEN Award and hailed as an 'epic' by Joyce Carol Oates in her New York Times review. He is a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Jonathan Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent King: A Life, which The New York Times hailed as a 'monumental' new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. Jonathan Eig is the author of five books, three of them New York Times best sellers.

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