Ian Toll — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Author of the New York Times bestselling The Pacific War Trilogy, a three-volume history of the Pacific War.
Recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature (2007, 2019) and the William E. Colby Military Writers Award for Six Frigates.
Authored Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy (2006).
Served as an equity research analyst at three investment banks.
Worked as an analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Graduated from Georgetown University (1989) and received a master's degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (1995).
Served as a political aide and speechwriter to U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and New York Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine.

Biography

Ian W. Toll is an American author and military historian, recognized for his extensive work on naval and military history. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling The Pacific War Trilogy, a three-volume series detailing the war in the Pacific.

His work has earned him accolades such as the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature in 2007 and 2019, the William E. Colby Military Writers Award, and the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction.