Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize 2026
From the best-selling author of These Truths comes We the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University, professor of law at Harvard Law School, and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her many books include the New York Times bestsellers These Truths and We the People. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.