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| Born | Gilbert King February 22, 1962 Rockville Centre, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, photographer |
| Notable works | Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, The Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 2013 |
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Gilbert King (born February 22, 1962) is an American writer and photographer, known best as the author of Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America (2012), which won the Pulitzer Prize.[1] He is also the writer, producer, and co-host of Bone Valley, the award-winning narrative podcast based on the Leo Schofield case, and released in 2022 by Lava For Good. King's previous book was The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South (2008)[2] and his most recent is Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found (2018).
He has written for The New York Times and The Washington Post, and he is a featured contributor to the Smithsonian's history blog Past Imperfect.[3] As a photographer, his work has appeared in many magazines including international editions of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, and Cosmopolitan.[4]
- ^ "The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013. With short biography and publisher's description.
- ^ "Home". williefrancis.com.
- ^ "History | Smithsonian Magazine". Archived from the original on August 24, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ "Making a Name by Uncovering a Lost Case". The New York Times. 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2013.