Walter Stahr

After graduating from Stanford University and Harvard Law School, Walter Stahr practiced law for more than twenty years, both in Washington and Asia, before starting work on his first book, a biography of John Jay. He is now the NY Times bestselling author of four biographies: Jay (2005), William Henry Seward (2012), Edwin Stanton (2017) and Salmon Chase (2022). He is working on a fifth book, a life of William Howard Taft. Stahr lives in Newport Beach, California, with his wife, Dr. Masami Miyauchi Stahr, who teaches mathematics at St. Margaret's Episcopal School. His website is walterstahr.com.