Joseph J. Ellis Biography

Joseph J. Ellis was educated at the College of William and Mary and Yale University. He is the author of seven books on American history, the most recent being "His Excellency: George Washington," which was published in 2004 and became an immediate bestseller.

His previous book, "Founding Brothers," won the Pulitzer Prize, while American Sphinx received a National Book Award. Both were also bestsellers. Ellis is generally regarded as one of the leading scholars of the Founding Fathers and one of the most successful "cross-over" historians having managed to straddle the gap between the scholarly world and larger public audiences.

Ellis taught history at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and has, since 1972, taught at Mount Holyoke College.

Ellis's commentaries have been featured on CSPAN, CNN, and the PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and he has appeared in several PBS documentaries on early America. In addition, Ellis has written reviews and essays for a variety of national publications, including The New York Times, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal. He has conducted seminars for federal judges and federal elected officials on America's "original intentions" and spoken before corporate boards on the leadership credentials of the founders. In conjunction with the publication of His Excellency, he is delivering lectures in 17 cities across the country as part of a book tour.

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