Finalist: Whittaker Chambers: A Biography , by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House )
The Jury
The Jury
Kay Mills(chair )
author
Kay Redfield Jamison
professor psychiatry
Justin Kaplan
writer and editor
Winners in Biography
1998 Prize Winners
George Gershwin
Awarded posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, for his distinguished and enduring contributions to American music.
Linda Greenhouse
For her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court.
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of a botched bank robbery and subsequent police shoot-out in North Hollywood.