Osnos (born October 13, 1943) is an American journalist and publisher, who founded PublicAffairs Books.
[4][5] In 1965, Osnos began his journalism career as an editorial assistant to investigative journalist I. F. Stone on his weekly newsletter.
[6] Osnos was a regular commentator for National Public Radio's Morning Edition and co-host of Communiqué.
Authors he has published or edited include Jeff Bezos,[7] former President Jimmy Carter,[8] Rosalynn Carter,[9] Sid Caesar, Clark Clifford, former President Bill Clinton,[10] Leonard Downie, Jr., Paul Farmer, Earvin (Magic) Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Sam Donaldson, Kenneth Feinberg, Annette Gordon Reed,[11] Meg Greenfield, Dorothy Height, Don Hewitt, Molly Ivins, Vernon Jordan, Murray Kempton, Wendy Kopp, Charles Krauthammer, Brian Lamb, Jim Lehrer, Scott McClellan,[12] Robert McNamara, Charles Morris, Peggy Noonan, William Novak, former President Barack Obama,[13] former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, Charles Peters, Nancy Reagan, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Natan Sharansky, George Soros, Susan Swain, former President Donald Trump, Paul Volcker, Juan Williams, James Wolfensohn, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
He was the editor of a book of biographical essays, titled George Soros: A Life in Full, published in March 2022.