Louis L. Picone

Louis L. Picone is the award-winning author of The President Is Dead! The Extraordinary Stories of the Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond and Where the Presidents Were Born: The History & Preservation of the Presidential Birthplaces. Louis is a member of the Authors Guild and American Historical Association and is also a trustee on the board of the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association in Caldwell, New Jersey. He holds a master's degree in history and also teaches at William Paterson University.

Louis has spoken widely on the topic of the presidents and the places we commemorate them, including Morristown National Historical Park, James A. Garfield National Historic Site, and the June 2016 international conference "US Presidents and Russian Rulers" at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. After the passing of President George H. W. Bush, Louis was interviewed by the BBC, NPR, the Washington Post, and the New York Times to discuss the former president's legacy and the history of presidential funerals. He has also appeared on the television program American Mystery on the Travel Channel to discuss the mystery of JFK's missing brain.