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Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and professor of law at Harvard Law School. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her many books include the international bestseller These Truths: A History of the United States. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and professor of law at Harvard Law School. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her many books include the international bestseller These Truths: A History of the United States. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Awards

Winner — Arthur Ross Book Award, 2019

Shortlisted — Cundill History Prize, 2019

Winner — Massachusetts Book Award, 2019

Commended — New York Times Notable Selection, 2018

Books by Jill Lepore

  • The Deadline: Essays

    Jill Lepore

    Hardback, 2023

    "Jill Lepore is unquestionably one of America’s best historians; it’s fair to say she’s one of its best writers too." —Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times

    Best Books of 2023: New Yorker,...
  • The Deadline: Essays

    Jill Lepore

    E Book

    "Jill Lepore is unquestionably one of America’s best historians; it’s fair to say she’s one of its best writers too." —Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times

    Best Books of 2023: New Yorker,...
  • The Deadline: Essays

    Jill Lepore

    Paperback, 2024

    "Jill Lepore is unquestionably one of America’s best historians; it’s fair to say she’s one of its best writers too." —Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times

    Best Books of 2023: New Yorker,...
  • These Truths: A History of the United States, with Sources

    Jill Lepore

    Inquiry Edition, Volume 1, Paperback, 2025

    Show your students the urgency of studying history
  • These Truths: A History of the United States, with Sources

    Jill Lepore

    Inquiry Edition, Volume 2, Paperback, 2025

    Show your students the urgency of studying history
  • We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

    Jill Lepore

    Hardback, 2025

    From the best-selling author ofThese TruthscomesWe the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era,
  • We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

    Jill Lepore

    E Book

    From the best-selling author ofThese TruthscomesWe the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era.
  • 1964: Eyes of the Storm

    Paul McCartney, Jill Lepore

    Hardback, 2023

  • 1964: Eyes of the Storm

    Paul McCartney, Jill Lepore

    E Book

    “Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget.” —Paul McCartney