- Jonathan Eig
Jonathan Eig (born April 26, 1964) is a best-selling American author.
Biography
Eig was born in
Brooklyn, New York and grew up inMonsey, New York . He attendedNorthwestern University ’sMedill School of Journalism , graduating in 1986.His first newspaper job was with the "
New Orleans Times-Picayune ". Eig is a former staff writer for "The Wall Street Journal ", and he remains a contributing writer there. Eig has published magazine stories in "Esquire", "The New Republic ", "Men's Health", and other publications.Eig has taught writing at
Columbia College Chicago and lectures at Northwestern. He has spoken to audiences on various topics in the United States, including as the keynote speaker at the 2005Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture at theNational Baseball Hall of Fame . He has also traveled the country speaking to organizations raising money for the fight againstLou Gehrig ’s Disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ), and was honored on the field atYankee Stadium for his work in raising awareness of the disease.Published works
*"Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of
Lou Gehrig " (2005)
*"Opening Day: The Story ofJackie Robinson ’s First Season" (2007)Awards
*2005:
CASEY Award for best baseball book of the year, "Luckiest Man" [cite web |title=CASEY Award |url=http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/spitball/award.html |publisher=Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine ]References
External links
* [http://www.jonathaneig.com/ Jonathan Eig] official website
* [http://www.powells.com/essays/eig.html Essay on biographies by Jonathan Eig]
* [http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=3&pid=367219 Jonathan Eig] on Simon & Schuster website
* [http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200704/20070413_eig.html Eig interview by Tavis Smiley]
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