S. C. Gwynne Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling historian

S.C. Gwynne is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared extensively in Time magazine, where he worked as bureau chief, national correspondent, and senior editor from 1988 to 2000.

Gwynne has spent most of the last fourteen years writing for Texas Monthly, where he was executive editor from 2000-2008. His work included cover stories on Karl Rove, NASA, the King Ranch, football player Johnny Manziel, the University of Texas, and Southwest Airlines.

In 2008, he won the National City and Regional Magazine Award for “Writer of the Year.” He also writes for Outside magazine. His articles include a 2011 story about a canoe trip down the Pecos River in Texas, and a 2012 piece about Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific, where the Americans tested atomic weapons and where Bikinians are now trying to return.

Gwynne is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rebel Yell and Empire of the Summer Moon, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Empire of the Summer Moon also received the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award. In 2017, Gwynne published Perfect Pass, in which he tells the incredible story of how two unknown coaches revolutionized American football at every level, from high school to the NFL. His most recent release, Hymns of The Republic, is a spellbinding, epic account of the dramatic conclusion of the Civil War.

Gwynne’s work has also appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s, and California magazine. He attended Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University and lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Katie, and daughter, Maisie.