Marc Leepson

Marc Leepson graduated from George Washington University with a history degree in 1967, served in the U.S. Army for the following two years, including a tour in Vietnam, and earned an MA in history from George Washington. He was a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly for ten years before becoming a full-time freelancer. His work has appeared in magazines such as Smithsonian , Military History , Civil War Times , American History , Vietnam , and World War II , and in newspapers such as the...See more

Marc Leepson graduated from George Washington University with a history degree in 1967, served in the U.S. Army for the following two years, including a tour in Vietnam, and earned an MA in history from George Washington. He was a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly for ten years before becoming a full-time freelancer. His work has appeared in magazines such as Smithsonian , Military History , Civil War Times , American History , Vietnam , and World War II , and in newspapers such as the Washington Post , New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and USA Today . He is senior writer, arts editor, and columnist for The VVA Veteran (the magazine of Vietnam Veterans of America) and has written reviews for Publishers Weekly and Kirkus . He has been interviewed on The Today Show , the History Channel, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, and many other TV and radio shows. His previous books are Ballad of the Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death ; What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, a Life ; Lafayette: Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General ; Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History ; Flag: An American Biography ; and Saving Monticello: The Levy Family's Epic Quest to Rescue the House That Jefferson Built . He lives in Middleburg, Virginia. See less