About David
A trial and appellate lawyer for many years, now I write history and historical novels. My narrative histories have won seven awards from historical and literary organizations, and include:
- George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father, which the Wall Street Journal, called “an outstanding biography” with “clear, often superlative” writing.
- The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, focuses on the compromises that produced the U.S. Constitution, and the men who hammered them out.
- Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy grows from my defense of a Senate impeachment trial.
- American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America, explores Aaron Burr’s Western expedition of 1806-07, which landed Burr on trial for treason.
- Madison’s Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America– examines James Madison’s talent for working with leaders of the Founding Era.
My historical fiction includes two series. The Deception trilogy features the unlikely partnership of Dr. Jamie Fraser and ex-ballplayer Speed Cook. In The Lincoln Deception, they explore the secrets behind the Lincoln assassination. The Paris Deception places them at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, and in The Babe Ruth Deception, they struggle to protect the slugger from gangland violence and the Black Sox scandal.
The Overstreet saga begins with The New Land, which follows a German family to the Maine coast in 1753, where they face hardship and war. Book Two (The Burning Land) traces descendants through the Civil War era.
I have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington Independent Review of Books, was a reporter for the Staten Island Advance, and for ten years wrote the monthly Supreme Court column for the American Bar Association Journal. I’ve done on-air commentary for CNN, C-SPAN, Bloomberg News, and MSNBC.
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David O. Stewart has published five award-winning books of history and best-selling historical novels. In 2023, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Washington Independent Review of Books. His most recent fictional series, the Overstreet Saga, is inspired by family stories his mother told. He lives in Maryland with the light of his life, Nancy Floreen; they have three children and six grandchildren.
