Biographies

The panel of award-winning biographers talked about the highs and lows of writing biographies and shared stories about working on their famous subjects. Mr. Caro wrote Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, published by Knopf; Ms. Nasar wrote A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash, published by Touchstone Books; Ms. Strouse wrote Morgan: An American Financier, published by Random House; Mr. Taylor wrote Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Three Year Patent War, published by Simon and Schuster]; and Mr. Lewis wrote W.E.B. DuBois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963, published by Henry Holt and Company. A question and answer period followed the discussion. Mr. Taylor moderated the panel. close