Jack Fitzgerald
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Jack Fitzgerald

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"Jack Fitzgerald" is the pen name for Michael Hill. His young adult novel, “The Legend of Harry Gardner” was a 2026 gold medal winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award. He is also the author of non-fiction 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.
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