As an essayist and author, Jill Lepore writes about American history, law, literature, and politics. Lepore is the David Woods Kemper Professor of American History, and Affiliate Professor of Law at Harvard University. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker, and is host of the podcast “The Last Archive.” New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Lively, fun, and argumentative, Lepore’s books have been described as surprising and enlightening, as well as elegant, beautifully written, and intellectually rigorous.

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