James Swanson Biography

The Edgar Award-winning author of "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer" and its sequel, "Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis," James L. Swanson is a presidential historian and the author of the New York Times best-sellers "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer" and "Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis." "Chasing Lincoln's Killer," a young-adult best-seller, is one of his other works. This fall, he has two new novels out: "End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy" (William Morrow) and "The President Has Been Shot!" (for young people). "The Assassination of John F. Kennedy" is a film about the assassination of John F. Kennedy (Scholastic). He has worked for the US Department of Justice and other government and think-tank positions in Washington, D.C.

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