Craig Shirley
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| Born |
Craigan Paul Shirley September 24, 1956 Syracuse, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Springfield College |
| Occupation | Reagan biographer and historian |
| Spouse(s) | Zorine Shirley |
| Children | 3 sons, 1 daughter |
| Website | www |
Craig Shirley (born September 24, 1956) is an American author, lecturer, historian and public affairs consultant. He has written four bestsellers on Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (2014), Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All (2005), and Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan (2015), and Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980 (2017).
Shirley also wrote December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World, a New York Times bestseller published in December 2011 about the attack on Pearl Harbor and its effects on the American people and culture. All four books have gone to paperback. Documentaries are now being produced based in part on the 1976 Reagan campaign and December 1941, for the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Born and raised in Syracuse, New York, Shirley earned a degree in History and Political Science from Springfield College. Shirley was named by the London Telegraph, "the best of the Reagan biographers" and writer Tony Lee of Breitbart said he was “one of the most esteemed Ronald Reagan biographers."Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard called him "a prominent biographer of Ronald Reagan,"Mark Levin called him "one of the best of the Reagan biographers," and the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard, said Shirley is a "noted Ronald Reagan biographer.”Laura Ingraham has often noted Shirley's authority as a Reagan scholar, and writer Jarrett Stepman called Shirley a "noted Ronald Reagan historian."
His third book on Reagan’s final years, Last Act, the topic which had never been covered before, was also highly praised for its rich writing and intricate detail and research.
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