Charles King

Professor Charles King is a historian, social scientist, and author. His books include the New York Times-bestselling Gods of the Upper Air, which received the Francis Parkman Prize and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times History Prize, and the British Academy’s Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. His other books include Odessa, winner of a National Jewish Book Award, Midnight at the Pera Palace, and most recently Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s Messiah, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2024. He is a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University.