David J. Remnick is an American journalist, writer, and editor born in 1958 in Hackensack, New Jersey. He is best known as the editor of The New Yorker magazine, a position he has held since 1998. Remnick won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. His other notable works include Resurrection and King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero. In 2010, he published The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama. Before becoming editor of The New Yorker, Remnick worked as a reporter and Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post. His journalism career and editorial leadership have been widely recognized, including being named Editor of the Year by Advertising Age in 2000.