Jack Fitzgerald

"Jack Fitzgerald" is the pen name for Michael Hill. He is the author of biographies about Elihu Washburne, American Minister to France during the Siege and Commune of Paris (Simon and Schuster, 2012) and World War I poet Alan Seeger who penned the famous war poem, “I Have a Rendezvous With Death.”

Hill won an Emmy in 1991 for his work as a co-producer on the PBS “Civil War" series narrated by David McCullough. He also served as a historical consultant on the HBO mini-series, “John Adams" produced by Tom Hanks; the ABC-TV docu-drama "Challenger" about the 1986 space shuttle disaster produced by George Englund; and a creative advisor on the PBS American Experience documentary, “Race to the Moon” about the Apollo 8 space mission to the moon.

He is currently at work on a collection of fictional short stories. He lives in Virginia.