For a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author, three thousand dollars ($3,000).

Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet , by Lewis B. Puller

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Biography in 1992:

Managing Editor (Retired), Wall Street Journal

Historian-Biographer

Editor, Washington Post Book World

1991

1990

1989

1988

Beat Reporting

For her series, "The Monkey Wars," which explored the complex ethical and moral questions surrounding primate research.

Commentary

For her compelling columns on a wide range of personal and political topics.

Drama