Kai Bird Books in Order
Kai Bird is a renowned American author and journalist, celebrated for his incisive biographies of influential political figures. His remarkable writing career has earned him a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award for biography, the Duff Cooper Prize, a Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. As a Contributing Editor to The Nation magazine, Bird continues to contribute to the literary landscape. Born in 1951, Bird's childhood was marked by global travels, having spent formative years in Jerusalem, Beirut, Dhahran, Cairo, and Bombay. He graduated from Carleton College with a BA in 1973 and later earned his M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University in 1975. Bird resides in Miami Beach, Florida, with his wife, Susan Goldmark, and their son, Joshua.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Kai Bird
- #1AmazonThe Chairman: John J. McCloy and the Making of the American Establishment(1992)
- #2AmazonHiroshima's Shadow: Writings on the Denial of History & the Smithsonian Controversy (With: Lawrence Lifschultz)(1996)
- #3AmazonThe Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy:Brothers in Arms(1998)
- #4AmazonCrossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs & Israelis 1956-78(2010)
- #5AmazonThe Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames(2014)
- #6AmazonThe Outlier: The Life and Presidency of Jimmy Carter(2021)
- #7AmazonOppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb (With: Martin J. Sherwin,Eric Singer)(2025)
About Kai Bird
Kai Bird is a renowned American author and journalist, celebrated for his incisive biographies of influential political figures. His remarkable writing career has earned him a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award for biography, the Duff Cooper Prize, a Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. As a Contributing Editor to The Nation magazine, Bird continues to contribute to the literary landscape. Born in 1951, Bird's childhood was marked by global travels, having spent formative years in Jerusalem, Beirut, Dhahran, Cairo, and Bombay. He graduated from Carleton College with a BA in 1973 and later earned his M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University in 1975. Bird resides in Miami Beach, Florida, with his wife, Susan Goldmark, and their son, Joshua.
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