David Pietrusza

David Pietrusza is an American author and historian, and is considered an expert on US Politics in the 1920s.

He has written a number of books, including Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal, which won the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for US History, received a Kirkus starred review and was nominated for the 2022 Kirkus Prize and the 2022 New Deal Book Award.

Awards and Honors

 * CASEY Award for Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
 * Finalist (1999), The Seymour Medal, Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
 * Rothstein, Nominated, Best Fact Crime Book 2004, The Edgar Awards of The Mystery Writers of America.
 * Excellence in Arts & Letters Award, University at Albany Alumni Association
 * 100 Notable Alumni from SUNY at Albany (Edurank.com)
 * Greater Amsterdam (NY) School District Hall of Fame (initial class)
 * Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal won the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for US History.
 * TR's Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy won the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal for US History.
 * Gangsterland: A Tour Through the Dark Heart of Jazz-Age New York City won the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal (tie) for Regional US Non-Fiction.
 * Finalist (1997), The CASEY Award, Lights On! The Wild, Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball
 * 2022 New Deal Book Nominee, Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal.