Greg Grandin (born 1962) is a professor of history at New York University. He is author of a number of books, including Fordlndia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Fords Forgotten Jungle City, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History, as well as for the National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. A more recent book, entitled, Who Is Rigoberta Mench?, focuses on the treatment of the Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner. His latest book, The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World, is a study of the factual basis for the novella Benito Cereno by Herman Melville.
