Before his appointment as the Times's first public editor, Daniel Okrent served in a number of prominent positions in magazine publishing, among them editor-at-large of Time Inc., managing editor of Life, and editor of New England Monthly. He is the author of four books, most recently Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in history. Okrent lives in New York and on Cape Cod with his wife, poet Rebecca Okrent.

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
$5.29 - $18.16

Nine Innings
$5.49 - $26.79

The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America
$7.09 - $23.39

Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center
$5.49 - $21.64

Baseball Anecdotes
$4.79 - $6.39

The Ultimate baseball book
$6.09 - $8.99

Way We Were: New England Then New England Now
Out of Stock

I See a City: Todd Webb?s New York
$30.09

I See a City: Todd Webb's New York
$55.29

Public Editor Number One: The Collected Columns (with Reflections, Reconsiderations, and Even a Few Retractions) of the First Ombudsman of The New York Times
$5.89 - $6.79

Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy (Jewish Lives)
Releases 3/17/2026