Evan Thomas has been assistant managing editor at Newsweek since 1991. He is the magazine’s lead writer on major news stories and the author of many longer features. He has written more than a hundred cover stories for Newsweek, on subjects ranging from war to politics to celebrity profiles. Thomas was pivotal in spearheading Newsweek’s award-winning coverage on the war on terror from the Washington, D.C. bureau. His reporting and writing on the tragic terror events of September 11 and the aftermath contributed to Newsweek’s being honored with the most prestigious award in the magazine industry -- the National Magazine Award for General Excellence for 2002. He was the magazine’s lead writer on the Iraq War and continues to write major stories on intelligence and national security issues.

For ten years, 1986-1996, Thomas was Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief. From 1977-1986, he was a writer and editor at Time magazine. He has won numerous journalism awards, including a National Magazine Award in 1998 for Newsweek’s coverage of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Thomas has been a regular weekly panelist on the syndicated public affairs talk show, “Inside Washington,” since 1992. He is a frequent guest on the nationally-syndicated morning radio show, “Imus in the Morning.” He has appeared on numerous television shows as a commentator, including: NBC’s “Meet the Press,” “TODAY,” CBS’s “Face the Nation,” ABC’s “Nightline,” “Good Morning America,” CNN’s “Larry King Live,” PBS’s “Charlie Rose,” and “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

Thomas is the author of five books, all published by Simon & Schuster: “Robert Kennedy: His Life” (2000); “The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the CIA” (1995); “The Man to See: The Life of Edward Bennett Williams” (1991); and “The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made” (with Walter Isaacson, 1986), and a biography of John Paul Jones published in May 2003. “John Paul Jones” was a New York Times bestseller.

In 2003-2004, Thomas is Ferris Visiting Professor of Journalism and Stuart Professor of Media and Public Policy at Princeton University. He is also a fellow of the Society of American Historians and a trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression at the University of Virginia. He is a graduate of Harvard College (1973) and the University of Virginia Law School (1977). He lives with his wife and two children in Washington, D.C.