Born in Southern California, LEONARD PITTS JR. is a Pulitzer Prize-winning retired columnist for the Miami Herald. Pitts has worked as a professor of journalism at several universities, including Princeton University, the University of Maryland, and Morgan State University. He is the author of a series of acclaimed works of African American history, including Before I Forget: A Novel (Agate Bolden), Freeman: A Novel (Agate Bolden), Grant Park: A Novel (Agate Bolden), and The Last Thing You Surrender: A Novel (Agate Bolden). The Washington Post dubbed him “a knowledgeable, compassionate and relentlessly truthful writer.” His latest book, 54 Miles: A Novel (Agate Bolden), was published in July 2024.
