Tucson Festival of Books

Jonathan Alter


Jonathan Alter is a columnist, historian and documentary filmmaker. He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers about American presidents and covered the Trump felony trial for NYTimes Opinion, The Washington Monthly, and Old Goats, his Substack newsletter. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. His new book is "American Reckoning."

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Awards: Guggenheim Fellow

Communities: I wrote editorials for the Arizona Daily Star many years ago


Books:
American Reckoning
Inside Trump’s Trial—and My Own
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
BenBella Books
October 2024
ISBN 9781637746660
256 pages

His Very Best
Jimmy Carter, a Life
History / Biography
Simon and Schuster
September 2021
ISBN 9781501125546
800 pages