Scott Ellsworth

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About Scott Ellsworth

Writer and historian. Author of MIDNIGHT ON THE POTOMAC: THE LAST YEAR OF THE CIVIL WAR, THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION, AND THE REBIRTH OF AMERICA. Published by Dutton/Penguin Random House, July 15, 2025. Author of THE GROUND BREAKING: AN AMERICAN CITY AND ITS SEARCH FOR JUSTICE, about the horrific 1921 Tulsa race massacre, how it was covered up, and of the courageous individuals who brought the story to light. Published by Dutton/Penguin Random House. Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award and the 2021 Carnegie Medal. Shortlisted for the 2022 J. Anthony Lukas Book Award. Author of THE SECRET GAME: A WARTIME STORY OF COURAGE, CHANGE, AND BASKETBALL'S LOST TRIUMPH, published by Little, Brown, 2015. PEN/ESPN Book Award for Literary Sports Writing, 2016. Chicago Tribune Top Ten Books of 2015. Sports Illustrated Best Books of 2015. Author of THE WORLD BENEATH THEIR FEET: MOUNTAINEERING, MADNESS, AND THE DEADLY RACE TO SUMMIT THE HIMALAYAS. Published 2020 by Little, Brown in the U.S, and by John Murray in the U.K. Winner of the 2002 National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography. Finalist for the 2020 William Hill Sports Book of the Year (U.K.). Amazon Editor's Pick for Best Nonfiction. Translated into Italian, Polish, Czech, and Slovak. Author of DEATH IN A PROMISED LAND: THE TULSA RACE RIOT OF 1921. The first comprehensive history of the Tulsa race massacre, published by Louisiana State University Press. In print since 1982. Chief historian, Tulsa Race Riot Commission, Currently helping to lead the effort to identify the unmarked grave sites of victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. Chair, Physical Investigation Committee, Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial. Lecturer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.