Steve Wiegand

Steve Wiegand is an award-winning journalist and history writer. His 35-year journalism career was spent at the San Diego Evening Tribune, where he was chief political writer; San Francisco Chronicle, where he was state capitol bureau chief; and Sacramento Bee, where he was a special projects writer and politics columnist. Wiegand is the author, co-author, or contributing author of eight books, including U.S. History for Dummies, which is currently in its fourth edition and has been published in both Chinese and German; the Mental Floss History of the World ; Papers of Permanence ; Lessons from the Great Depression for Dummies ; and The American Revolution for Dummies. He is a graduate of Santa Clara University, with a bachelors degree in American history and literature, and has a masters degree in mass communications from San Jose State University. He lives in Arizona.