Kenneth Eugene Silverman (February 5, 1936 – July 7, 2017) was an American biographer and educator.
[1] Silverman, who specialized in Colonial American literature, was a professor of English at New York University until his retirement in 2001.
[2] He was educated at Stuyvesant High School and Columbia University, where he received B.A.
Silverman was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In addition to the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes, he won an Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America for his 1991 biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the Christopher Literary Award of the Society of American Magicians for his work on Harry Houdini.