for 16 weeks. Time called it "one of the great American biographies". American politics Alexander Hamilton In 2004, Chernow published Alexander Hamilton. The biography was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award and was named as the winner of the inaugural George Washington Book Prize for early American history. It remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for three months. In his review for the Journal of American History, Stephen B. Presser, who is professor of business law emeritus at Northwestern University, wrote: The biography was adapted into a Tony award-winning musical, Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda, which opened on Broadway in August 2015. Chernow served as historical consultant to the production. George Washington Chernow's 904-page Washington: A Life was released on October 5, 2010 (). It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the American History Book Prize. Professor Gordon S. Wood, renowned scholar of the Founding era, wrote: Ulysses S. Grant In 2011, Chernow signed a deal to write a comprehensive biography on Ulysses S. Grant. Chernow explained his transition from writing about George Washington to Grant: "Makes some sense as progression. Towering general of Revolution to towering general of Civil War. Both two-term presidents, though with very different results." Grant was released on October 10, 2017, and the biography strongly argues against the conventional wisdom that Grant was an "adequate president, a dull companion and a roaring drunk." The book received overwhelmingly positive reviews and was named by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2017. Board memberships In 1990, Chernow became a member of the PEN American Center. In 2006, he was named as the President of the Board of Trustees, succeeding novelist Salman Rushdie. Honors and awards 1990: National Book Award for Nonfiction for The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance (winner) 1993: George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing for The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family (winner) 1998: National Book Critics Circle Award for Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (nominated) 2004: George Washington Book Prize for Alexander Hamilton (winner) 2004: National Book Critics Circle Award for Alexander Hamilton (nominated) 2011: Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Washington: A Life (winner) 2011: American History Book Prize for Washington: A Life (winner) 2013: BIO Award from Biographers International Organization for advancing the art and