The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times.

Jonathan Eig is a former senior writer for the Wall Street Journal. He is the New York Times bestselling author of five books, including Ali: A Life, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig and Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season. Ali was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, for the James Tait Black Biography of the Year award and won the British Sports Book Awards Sports Book of the Year award and the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.