Robert Upshur "Bob" Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is one of the best-known journalists in the United States, thanks largely to his work in helping uncover the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon, in a historical journalistic partnership with Carl Bernstein, while working as a reporter for The Washington Post. He has written twelve best-selling nonfiction books and shared in two Pulitzer Prizes.

Books

Woodward has co-authored or authored ten #1 national best-selling nonfiction books, more than any other contemporary American writer. They are:

All the President's Men (1974) about Richard Nixon and Watergate
The Final Days (1976) about Nixon's resignation
The Brethren (1979) about the United States Supreme Court in the Warren Burger years
Wired (1984) on the comedian John Belushi and the Hollywood drug culture
Veil (1987) about the CIA's "secret wars" during the reign of William J. Casey
The Commanders (1991) on The Pentagon, the first Bush administration and the Gulf War
The Agenda (1994) about Bill Clinton's first term
Shadow (1999) on the legacy of Watergate
Bush at War (2002) about the path to war with Afghanistan following September 11
Plan of Attack (2004) about how and why President Bush decided to go to war with Iraq
Woodward's two other books, also national best-sellers, are:

The Choice (1996) about Clinton's re-election bid
Maestro (2000) about Fed chairman Alan Greenspan
Woodward's newest book, The Secret Man (2005) about Deep Throat revealed as Mark Felt.
Newsweek magazine has excerpted five of Woodward's books in cover stories; 60 Minutes has done segments on five; and three have been made into movies.

Woodward lives in the Georgetown section of Washington. He is married to Elsa Walsh, a writer for The New Yorker, and has two daughters.