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About Jill Lepore
American historian and journalist, born 1966
Jill Lepore is an American historian and journalist. She is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Born in 1966, she is known for writing across American history, law, literature, and politics. Since joining The New Yorker in 2005, Lepore has written essays and reported pieces that connect the past to public life. Her work often moves between historical inquiry and contemporary debate, with a focus on how institutions, ideas, and narratives shape American life.
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Reflections: more sayings
- “I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them.”Kevin Whately
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- “I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.”John Frankenheimer
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Books by Jill Lepore
These Truths
2018
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
2014
If Then
2021
Book of Ages
2013
Encounters in the New World
1999