Alexis Coe

Alexis Coe is an American presidential historian, podcast host, and author of Alice and Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis (2014) and the New York Times best-selling You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington (2020).[1][2][3]

Alexis Coe
Born1982 (age 40–41)
OccupationHistorian
Years active2014–present
Notable worksYou Never Forget Your First

Career

Coe was an oral historian for the Brooklyn Historical Society while in graduate school. She was a research curator in the New York Public Library’s exhibitions department where she co-curated "Find the Past, Know the Future," the most popular exhibition in the Library's history.[4][5][6]

Coe has been published in The New York Times,[7]The Atlantic,[8] Slate,[9] The New Yorker,[10] and The New York Times Magazine.[11]

Coe published Alice and Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis in 2014.[12] In 2016, Coe co-hosted the podcast Presidents Are People Too!.[13] In 2018, she hosted the podcast, No Man's Land, which won a Webby award for Best Series.[14]

In 2020, Coe published You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington, making her the first woman biographer to publish a biography of Washington in over a century. The book became a New York Times best-seller in February 2020 and was widely praised as genre-breaking.[3][6][15][16]

Coe produced and starred in The History Channel's Washington series with Doris Kearns Goodwin.[17]

In 2023, she spoke on CBS News about the historical significance of the Indictment of Donald Trump.[18]

Bibliography

References
  1. Alice and Frida Forever. Kirkus Reviews.
  2. "How historian Alexis Coe handles being the only woman in the room". TODAY. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  3. Egan, Elisabeth (2020-02-27). "Think You Know George Washington?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  4. "Expanding the Genre | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  5. Wagner, Tony (2020-02-13). "Alexis Coe didn't realize all of the opportunities a history major brings". Marketplace. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  6. Shribman, David. "In 'You Never Forget Your First,' Alexis Coe offers a fresh look at a president without precedent - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  7. Coe, Alexis (2023-02-17). "Opinion | George Washington Would Hate Presidents' Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  8. Coe, Alexis (2013-03-04). "How Do Children of Gay Parents Feel About Getting Married?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  9. Coe, Alexis (2022-10-03). "What Being Unpopular Does to a First-Term President". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  10. Coe, Alexis (2017-11-22). "What the Least Fun Founding Father Can Teach Us Now". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  11. Coe, Alexis (2017-02-16). "Letter of Recommendation: Presidential Biographies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  12. "Books to Watch Out For: October". The New Yorker. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  13. "A Conversation with Alexis Coe on You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington". lbjpodcast.com. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  14. "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  15. Andrews, Becca. "To know George Washington is not necessarily to love him. Just ask historian Alexis Coe". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  16. "You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe: 9780735224117 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  17. "This Historian Could Change How You Think About George Washington". NowThis News. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  18. Trump indictment a first in American politics, retrieved 2023-04-23
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