Gary M. Pomerantz

Gary M. Pomerantz is a Lecturer at Stanford University's Department of Communication and Graduate Program in Journalism, where he has taught specialized writing courses for 17 years. A New York Times bestselling author and former journalist, his work explores intersections of American history, race relations, sports, and media through meticulously researched narrative nonfiction.

• Education: B.A. in History from University of California, Berkeley; Journalism Fellow at University of Michigan (1987-88)
• Books:
  • The Last Pass (2016) - racial reconciliation in NBA history
  • Their Life's Work (2013) - Pittsburgh Steelers' legacy
  • The Devil's Tickets (2009) - 1920s cultural history
  • WILT, 1962 (2005) - Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game
  • Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds (2001) - aviation disaster narrative
  • Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn (1996) - Atlanta's racial history

His narrative journalism style emphasizes sensory detail verification and historical contextualization, as demonstrated in his reconstruction of a 1995 plane crash investigation for American Journalism Review. Pomerantz's work has been recognized with the Ernie Pyle Trophy for human interest writing.