Shaun Assael|Author, Journalist, Investigator

Shaun Assael is an award-winning journalist, author and television correspondent who covers politics, sports and true crime… sometimes all at once.

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WINNER: SPJ Golden Eyeshade Award (Best Magazine Writing)

Magazines

I'm thrilled to make my debut in Smithsonian Magazine with this strange but true thriller about the swashbuckling 18th Century naturalist Andre Michaux, and the friendship with Thomas Jefferson that nearly ruined him. Hear a podcast, too.

WINNER: National Headliner Award (Major News Event or Topic)

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What's behind the advice sold by advocates for Truth & Reconciliation Commissions? In this award-winning deep dive for Mother Jones, Peter Keating and I reveal the conflicts-of-interest and agendas driving the far-flung Truth & Reconciliation Complex.

The Dept. of (my) History

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I have no reason for posting this, other than I just came across it after a long time. I raced the Baja 1000 more than twenty years ago, and was literally partying like it was 1999. "It's a Road Warrior regatta..."

The reviews are in, and Pariah, Showtime’s documentary adaptation of my book, The Murder of Sonny Liston, is a hit. You can see it on Showtime, and watch the trailer here.

Books

Click here to learn more about Steroid Nation

Click here to learn more about Sex, Lies, and Headlocks

Click here to learn more about Wide Open