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Steve Coll

スティーブ・コール

Sutību Kōru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1958-10-08 （Washington, D.C.）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Washington, D.C., U.S. → Rockville, Maryland, U.S. → Los Angeles, California, U.S. → New York City, New York, U.S. → New Delhi, India

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Author, Historian, Academic, Business executive
Active Years
1980-
Affiliations
The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New America
Memberships
Phi Beta Kappa, Pulitzer Prize Board
Nominations
NBCC Award biography finalist 2008 (The Bin Ladens), NBCC Award nonfiction finalist 2012 (Private Empire), Orwell Prize for Political Writing shortlist 2024 (The Achilles Trap)

Education

Occidental College
English and History
Degree: BA
Period: 1976-1980
Year of Graduation: 1980
Country: United States
Graduated cum laude, member of Phi Beta Kappa
University of Sussex
Country: United Kingdom
Attended during studies

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
1990
Work: SEC scrutiny series
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞 (デイビッド・A・バイスとの共同受賞)
Livingston Award for International Reporting
1992
Work: Crisis and Change in South Asia
Result: 受賞
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
2000
Work: Peace Without Justice: A Journey to the Wounded Heart of Africa
Category: 国際印刷部門1位
Result: 受賞
Lionel Gelber Prize
2004
Work: Ghost Wars
Result: 受賞
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
2005
Work: Ghost Wars
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞
Arthur Ross Book Award
2005
Work: Ghost Wars
Result: 受賞
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award
2009
Work: The Bin Ladens
Organization: PEN American Center
Result: 受賞
Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award
2012
Work: Private Empire
Result: 受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award (nonfiction)
2018
Work: Directorate S
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ghost Wars

2004 Nonfiction

The secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001.

CIAAfghanistanBin LadenTerrorism

The Bin Ladens

2008 Nonfiction

An Arabian Family in the American Century.

Bin Laden familySaudi ArabiaAmerica

Private Empire

2012 Nonfiction

ExxonMobil and American Power.

Oil industryUS foreign policyCorporate power

Directorate S

2018 Nonfiction

The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2016.

CIAAfghanistanPakistan

The Achilles Trap

2024 Nonfiction

Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq.

Iraq WarSaddam HusseinCIA

Bibliography

  • The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T
  • The Taking of Getty Oil
  • Eagle on the Street
  • On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia
  • Ghost Wars
  • The Bin Ladens
  • Private Empire
  • Directorate S
  • The Achilles Trap

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Investigative reportingDetailed fact-based narrativeJournalistic nonfiction
Recurring Motifs
US foreign policyIntelligence operationsGeopolitics of Middle East and South Asia

Legacy

Renowned for two Pulitzer Prizes, acclaimed for nonfiction on international security and intelligence. Dean of Columbia Journalism School (2013-2022), staff writer at The New Yorker, and more.

Trivia

  • Married to poet and journalist Eliza Griswold.
  • Has four children.
  • Served as Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.