Marc Henry Aronson (born October 19, 1950) is an American writer, editor, publisher, speaker, and historian. He has written history and biography nonfiction books for children and young adults, as well as nonfiction books for adults about teenage readers.

Biography

Marc Henry Aronson was born October 19, 1950, the son of the scenic designers

Boris Aronson Boris Aronson (October 15, 1898 – November 16, 1980) was an American scenic designer for Broadway and Yiddish theatre. He won the Tony Award for Scenic Design six times in his career. Biography The son of a Rabbi, Aronson was born in Kiev, ...

and Lisa Jalowetz Aronson. He is the grandson of rabbi Solomon Aronson, and of the musical conductor

Heinrich Jalowetz Heinrich Jalowetz (December 3, 1882 – February 2, 1946) was an Austrian musicologist and conductor, who settled in the United States. He was one of the core members of what became known as the Second Viennese School in the orbit of Arnold Sch ...

. As of June 2012 Aronson wrote a column for ''

School Library Journal ''School Library Journal'' (''SLJ'') is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with ...

'' called "Consider the Source". As of September 2014 he writes an ''SLJ'' blog called "Nonfiction Matters". In 2001 Aronson won the first Robert F. Sibert Medal for nonfiction for ''Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado''. Aronson has a Ph.D. in American History from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. In 1997, he married author Marina Budhos. They have two sons and live in

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. Aronson is on the School of Library and Information Science faculty at

Rutgers University-New Brunswick Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was a ...

Bibliography

Books for Middle-Grade Readers

* ''Ain’t Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry'', with

Scott Reynolds Nelson Scott Reynolds Nelson is the Georgia Athletic Association Professor of History at the University of Georgia. He was formerly the Legum Professor of History at the College of William and Mary. He is a historian of the American Civil War and the Gi ...

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is a popular American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widely ...

Children's Books, 2007 * '' For Boys Only: The Biggest, Baddest Book Ever'', with

HP Newquist HP Newquist is an American author whose books cover a wide range of topics, from medicine and music to technology and terror. He is also a museum curator and musician, and has worked in a variety of fields as a columnist, publisher, industry ana ...

Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publi ...

, 2007''New York Times'' review of ''For Boys Only''
/ref> * ''The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How It Changed the World'', with John W. Glenn,

Children's Books, 2007 * ''If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge'',

Children's Books, 2010 * ''Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert'',

Atheneum Books for Young Readers Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since its acquisition of Macmillan in 1994 and it created Athene ...

, 2011 * "The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist a Scientist, A Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window Into Human Origins", with Dr. Lee R. Berger

Children's Books, 2012

Books for Young Adults

* ''Art Attack: A Brief Cultural History of the Avant-Garde'',

Clarion Books HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp ...

, 1998 * ''Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado'',

, 2000 * ''John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, and the Land of Promise'',

, 2004 * ''The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence'',

, 2005 * ''Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials'',

, 2005 * ''Race: A History Beyond Black and White'',

, 2007 * ''Robert F. Kennedy: Crusader'',

Viking Juvenile Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company owned by Penguin Random House. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim and then acquire ...

, 2007 * ''Bill Gates: Tycoon'',

, 2008 * ''Unsettled: The Problem of Loving Israel'',

, 2008 * "Pick-Up-Game: A Full Day of Full Court" (co-editor)

Candlewick Press Candlewick Press, established in 1992 and located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is part of the Walker Books group. The logo depicting a bear carrying a candle is based on Walker Books's original logo. Sebastian Walker launched Walker Books from ...

, 2011 * ''Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies'',

, 2012

Books for adults

* ''Exploding the Myths: The Truth About Teenagers and Reading'',

Scarecrow Press Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing compa ...

, 2001 * ''Beyond the Pale: New Essays for a New Era'',

, 2003 * ''Sugar Changed the World'', with Marina Budhos,

, 2010

References

External links

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Nonfiction Matters
Aronson's ''School Library Journal'' blog * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aronson, Marc 1950 births Living people American bloggers American children's writers American male bloggers American male non-fiction writers American male writers American people of Austrian-Jewish descent American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Jewish American writers New York University alumni 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers Place of birth missing (living people)