Jonathan Eig

Jonathan Eig (Author) is the author of the book The Birth of the Pill, which was published in 2014 by W. W. Norton. Eig’s biography of Martin Luther King, King: A Life, won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. His biography of Muhammad Ali, Ali: A Life, won the PEN/ESPN Award and inspired a documentary by Ken Burns, for which Eig served as consulting producer. Other literary works include Get Capone, Opening Day, andThe Luckiest Man. He and his wife, Jennifer Tescher, are longtime subscribers to TimeLine Theatre Company. This is Eig’s first involvement in theatre since he played trumpet in the pit orchestra for Brigadoon at Spring Valley High School.