David Von Drehle Bio

Mr. David Von Drehle is an American author and journalist. The following information is from Wikipedia:

Mr. Von Drehle was born in Denver CO, and raised in Aurora CO. He earned his B.A. in 1983 from the University of Denver. In 1985 he graduated from
the University of Oxford with a Master of Letters as a Marshall Scholar in English literature.

Mr. Von Drehle started his career in journalism at 17 years old, working with The Denver Post as a sports writer from 1978 to 1983, where he was the youngest sports writer that the paper has had. From there he moved on to the Miami Herald in 1985 and stayed on with the paper until 1991 as a staff writer and New York correspondent.

In 1991, Mr. Von Drehle became the New York bureau chief for The Washington Post. Within months, he was sent to New Hampshire to cover the 1992
presidential primary, thus beginning his career as a political writer. He left The Washington Post in 2006 to become Editor-at-Large for Time. He went on to write more than 60 cover stories while at Time. 

Mr. Von Drehle returned to The Washington Post in 2017 as a twice-weekly opinion columnist. He was also a recurring contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, including a discussion of Bob Woodward in light of Mr. Von Drehle's front-page article confirming the identity of the FBI's Mark Felt as "Deep Throat." He left The Washington Post in 2025.

In 1995, Mr. Von Drehle married Karen Ball, the White House correspondent for the New York Daily News. They moved to Kansas City MO with their four children. Mrs. Ball died in 2023.

Mr. Von Drehle is the author of several award-winning and bestselling books including the following:

• Among the Lowest of the Dead: Inside Death Row.
• Deadlock: The Inside Story of America’s Closest Election.
• Triangle: The Fire that Changed America.
• Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year.
• The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man.