- Tue January 27, 2026 at 8:00 pm
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian renowned for in-depth explorations of US presidents and pivotal historical events. Her books include Team of Rivals on Abraham Lincoln and No Ordinary Time on Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. A sought-after commentator, Goodwin is often called upon to provide historical context for current day events.
Goodwin’s eight critically acclaimed and bestselling books include the Carnegie Medal winner The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism and Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.
Her most recent book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, weaves together biography, memoir, and history, the book takes readers on the emotional journey Doris and her husband, Dick Goodwin, embarked upon in the last years of his life as they delved into more than 300 boxes of letters, diaries, documents, and memorabilia that Dick had saved for more than fifty years.
Goodwin’s career was inspired when, as a 24-year-old graduate student, she was selected to join the White House Fellows, one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. She worked with President Lyndon Johnson in the White House and later assisted him in the writing of his memoirs.
Goodwin graduated magna cum laude from Colby College earned a PhD in government from Harvard University, where she taught government, including a course on the American presidency. She was the first woman to enter the Boston Red Sox locker room and is a devoted fan of the team.