Michael D'Antonio
Pulitzer-winning author and journalist
Michael D'Antonio is an American author and journalist who shared a Pulitzer Prize in 1984. He has published over a dozen books, among them a biography of Donald Trump.
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American Born 1955 in Portsmouth, United States
About Michael D'Antonio
Michael D'Antonio was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He earned his degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1977. He began as a newspaper reporter, working at the Dover Democrat, then the Portland Press Herald in Maine, and later at Newsday from 1983 to 1990. In 1984 he shared the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting with a Newsday team for coverage of the Baby Jane Doe case. He later became a full-time author and has also worked as a commentator for CNN. His books include Never Enough, a life of Donald Trump published in 2015, and A Consequential President, which looks at Barack Obama's time in office and appeared in 2017. Mortal Sins, from 2013, was among five nominees for an Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category.