Alexander Hamilton had a way with words, as does Ron Chernow. He remains a distinguished commentator on politics, business, and finance. While Hamilton is a brick of a book, it was an interesting, thorough look at the life of a Founding Father: his upbringing, his challenges - both personal and professional, his accomplishments, of course, his fatal duel with Aaron Burr, and his lasting impact on the foundation of todays nation. Ron Chernow, author of several influential presidential biographies — including the one that inspired the hit Broadway show "Hamilton" — is winner of the 2018 Tribune Literary Award. A conversation with Ron Chernow, author of Alexander Hamilton How is Hamilton the man different in your biography from the one we know from previous biographies or our school history lessons? He remains a distinguished commentator on politics, business, and finance. Ron Chernow, who wrote the biography that inspired 'Hamilton,' is both a historical consultant on the show and one of its biggest fans. Ron Chernow won the Pulitzer Prize for his bestselling historical biography, Washington: A Life. Hamilton was such a brilliantly cerebral man—his collected papers alone run to 22,000 pages—that previous biographers have found it hard to capture the flesh-and-blood man. Ron Chernow brings his considerable literary talent to bear on the continued hunger of many Americans for more tales of the first president’s exploits. New York Times bestselling author Ron Chernow has gained recent attention for Alexander Hamilton, the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.His more recent biography of a Founding Father, Washington: A Life, won a Pulitzer Prize for Biography.In addition to writing award-winning books, he’s a freelance journalist and has advised on TV documentaries.