For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Filter by: Keyword search: Category: Leon Levy Center for Biography Sort by: Date, Ascending Date, Descending Title, A-Z Title, Z-A Previous 123456789 Next Sarah Watling on The Olivier Sisters, with Jill Norgren 12/16/2019 06:30 PM Sarah Watling on Noble Savages: the Olivier Sisters, in conversation with Jill Norgren Read more Miami Book Fair 11/23/2019 12:00 PM Kai Bird discusses new biographies with authors George Packer, Eleanor Randolph and Kerri Greenidge at the Miami Book Fair 2019 Read more Lili Anolik on Eve Babitz, with Elizabeth Frank 11/19/2019 06:30 PM Lili Anolik on Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. in conversation with Elizabeth Frank Read more Biographer's International Organization's Editorial Excellence Award 11/13/2019 06:30 PM The Presentation of the Biographer’s International Organization’s Editorial Excellence Award to Ileene Smith of Farrar, Straus and Giroux Read more Lawrence Weschler on Oliver Sacks: In Conversation with Laura J. Snyder and Kai Bird 11/12/2019 06:30 PM Lawrence Weschler’s And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? is a biographical memoir of his 35-year friendship with the late neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. Upon its publication, Weschler joins in a... Read more Eric K. Washington on the Life of James H. Williams, with Pamela Newkirk 11/08/2019 06:30 PM Former Leon Levy Fellow Eric K. Washington on Boss of the Grips: the Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal, in conversation with former Leon Levy Fellow Pamela Newkirk Read more Edmund Morris Tribute 11/06/2019 06:30 PM Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, died suddenly last spring. His fellow biographers and friends gather on November 6th to celebrate his life... Read more Tom Segev on David Ben-Gurion, with Avi Shilon and Kai Bird 10/21/2019 06:30 PM Tom Segev on A State at Any Cost: the Life of David Ben-Gurion in conversation with Avi Shilon and Kai Bird Read more Robert Caro on Robert Caro: In Conversation with Kai Bird 10/15/2019 06:30 PM Robert Caro—the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author of monumental biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson— speaks about his own life and work with Kai Bird, executive director of the Leon... Read more David Nasaw: My Three Moguls 09/25/2019 06:30 PM David Nasaw — author of highly acclaimed books about Andrew Carnegie, William Randolph Hearst, and Joseph P. Kennedy — gives this year’s annual talk on writing and researching biography. Read more