Doris kearns goodwin lbj biography

American biographer and historian (born 1943)

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943)^[1] is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator.

She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington.^[2] She was also executive producer of "Abraham Lincoln,” a 2022 docudrama on the History Channel.^[3] This latter series was based on Goodwin's Leadership in Turbulent Times.^[4][5]

Early life and education

Doris Helen Kearns was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Helen Witt (née Miller) and Michael Francis Aloysius Kearns.

She has two sisters, Charlotte Kearns and Jeanne Kearns.^[6][7] She was raised Catholic.^[8]