Louis Picone

Louis L. Picone is the best-selling & award-winning author of "Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon", "The President Is Dead! The Extraordinary Stories of the Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond" and "Where the Presidents Were Born: The History & Preservation of the Presidential Birthplaces."

Louis holds a Masters in History and also teaches at William Paterson University and is a recognized authority on presidential history.

Louis has spoken widely on the topic of the presidents and the places we commemorate them, including General Grant National Memorial, James A. Garfield National Historic Site, and the international conference "U.S. Presidents and Russian Rulers" at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He has been featured on C-SPAN, TIME Magazine, BBC News, NPR, Washington Post, New York Times, and the Travel Channel.