# Walter Isaacson, non-fiction author **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [January 1, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-isaacson-non-fiction-author/995449 "2024-01-01T17:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-isaacson-non-fiction-author/995449/5 "2024-01-02T10:39:48Z")
Isaacson is a great biographer and is (or maybe I should say “was”) one of my favourite non-fiction authors. I’ve read the Steve Jobs bio (the one I think I enjoyed the most) _The Innovators_, and a few others. As for the Elon Musk bio, it’s been sitting on my Kindle for months and I can’t seem to get around to it, in large part because of the impression that Isaacson became a Musk fanboy. Isaacson’s reversal of his published account of Musk turning off Starlink access during Ukraine’s attack on Crimea was absolutely shameful, and in my opinion greatly undermined his credibility as an impartial biographer. FTR, my #1 top non-fiction writer is Erik Larson. _The Devil in the White City_ is probably his most intricate and accomplished work, but I also loved _In the Garden of Beasts_, _Isaac’s Storm_, _Dead Wake_, and _Thunderstruck_. > [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition/963442/6610): > > More on the Starlink Ukraine controversy: --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-isaacson-non-fiction-author/995449)._