Doris Kearns Goodwin
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| Born | Doris Helen Kearns January 4, 1943 New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
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| Children | 3 |
| Awards | National Humanities Medal (1996) |
| Website | doriskearnsgoodwin |
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Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington. She was also executive producer of Abraham Lincoln, a 2022 docudrama on the History Channel. This latter series was based on Goodwin's Leadership in Turbulent Times.