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Gilbert Anthony King (born February 22, 1962) is an American writer and photographer. He is known best as the author of ''Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America'' (2012), which won the Pulitzer Prize.〔 With short biography and publisher's description.〕 His previous history was ''The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South'' (2008).〔().〕 He has written for ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post'', and he is a featured contributor to the ''Smithsonian's'' history blog ''Past Imperfect''.〔().〕 As a photographer, his work has appeared in many magazines including international editions of ''Vogue'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Marie Claire'', and ''Cosmopolitan''. ==Biography == Gilbert King was born in 1962 in Rockville Center, New York and grew up in St. James, both on Long Island. When he was 12, he moved with his family to Schenectady, New York. King is a 1980 graduate of Niskayuna High School. He attended the University of South Florida, falling two math credits short of graduating before he decided to move to New York City. (On December 13, 2014, the university awarded King an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.) In New York, King landed freelance writing and editing assignments for small newspapers and magazines. In 1991 he took a job with Macmillan Publishing as the assistant to the president and publisher. At the same time, as a self-taught photographer, he gained publication of his fashion and beauty work in national magazines such as ''Glamour'', ''Jane'', and ''Modern Bride'', as well as international editions of magazines including ''Vogue'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Madame Figaro'', and ''Marie Claire''. Among his clients were L'Oreal, Redken, Michael Kors, and Thierry Mugler. By 2002, King began photographing coffee table books for different publishers. When a writer withdrew from a golf antiques project, King was asked if he would take over researching and writing the book. For the next several years, King wrote various illustrated books, as well as ghostwriting for celebrities and noted experts in their fields. Since 2008, he has published two major works of non-fiction exploring issues in US civil rights history. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for his book on Thurgood Marshall, attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the 1949 case of the Groveland Boys. King is an avid golfer. He lives in New York City with his wife, two daughters, and a French Bulldog. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gilbert King (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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