Gilbert King has written about U.S. Supreme Court history for the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is the author of The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South (Basic Books, 2008) which Kirkus, in a starred review, described as "Masterful…strangely charming and unforgettable." Counterpunch Magazine described it as "Almost certainly the best book on capital punishment in America since Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song." He lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.
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Gilbert King has written about U.S. Supreme Court history for the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is the author of The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South (Basic Books, 2008) which Kirkus, in a starred review, described as "Masterful…strangely charming and unforgettable." Counterpunch Magazine described it as "Almost certainly the best book on capital punishment in America since Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song." He lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.