Steve Sheinkin

Steve Sheinkin is an award-winning American author of suspenseful history books for young adults. A former textbook writer, Sheinkin began writing full-time nonfiction books for young readers in 2008. His work has been widely acclaimed for its ability to transform historical information into thrilling, accessible accounts.^[1]

Awards & honors

Sheinkin's nonfiction books, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon^[2] and Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights,^[3] were both National Book Award finalists. In 2013, Bomb also won the Newbery Honor and Sibert Medal from the American Library Association. His 2015 book, Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War, was also a finalist for the National Book Award, and was called “easily the best study of the Vietnam War available for teen readers.^[4]

Select bibliography

• Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War, Roaring Brook Press, 2015
• The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, Roaring Brook Press, 2014
• The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, Square Fish, 2013
• Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, Roaring Brook Press, 2012
• Lincoln's Grave Robbers, Scholastic Press, 2012
• King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution, Scholastic Press, 2012

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