Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, and biographer. He has written bestselling historical non-fiction biographies.
Chernow (left) with former U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow in September 2004
Washington: A Life is a biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States, written by American historian and biographer Ron Chernow and published in 2010. The book is a "one-volume, cradle-to-grave narrative" that attempts to provide a fresh portrait of Washington as "real, credible, and charismatic in the same way he was perceived by his contemporaries".
Washington: A Life
Gilbert Stuart's 1796 portrait of Washington