Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, bestselling author, and former special assistant and speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, Peggy Noonan is a leading conservative voice whose appeal reaches beyond partisan bounds. She brings to life American politics, history, and culture with fresh insights and thoughtful analysis. A recipient of numerous journalism awards, she has been chosen as a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library and is the first woman and first writer to ever receive the Pilgrims USA Medallion for Service to the Nation. Noonan is an iconic journalist who's exceptional commentary has been a guiding voice during America's most divisive and challenging times. 
Noonan is the author of multiple New York Times Bestsellers:
Noonan's impressive career accomplishments include:
Noonan's Wall Street Journal column, Declarations, has run since 2000, garnering millions of readers each week. Praised by Forbes as "the best op-ed column in America," the column won Noonan the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary for her prescient and balanced analysis during the 2016 election. The prize committee cited Noonan, "For rising to the moment with beautifully rendered columns that connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the nation's most divisive political campaigns." 
"[Peggy Noonan] is writing with such transparent conscience that I believe that she captures the American condition and the American voice....Peggy Noonan delivers, weekly, a reasonable approximation of what the better angels of our nature may (or are supposed to) sound like. Hers is an exhortatory idealism tempered by a rare common sense. She is perceptive, persuasive, principled and patriotic."

- Tunku Varadarajan, professor at NYU’s Stern Business School, on Forbes.com
As President Ronald Reagan's special assistant and speechwriter, Noonan worked with him on some of his most memorable speeches, including his speech on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day, his Farewell Address, and his speech given the day of the Challenger disaster, which has been hailed as one of the 100 best speeches in American political history. 
With her column continuing to make headlines in other outlets thanks to her frank (and witty) analysis of the new administration, Noonan was just named a political contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. Regularly appearing on Meet the Press, Noonan brings her wit and thought-provoking analysis to today's top stories. 
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With experience in both the newsroom and the White House, Peggy Noonan has found the words America needed during the country's most difficult and politically tense moments. Celebrated for her balanced, thought-provoking, refreshingly honest, and uniquely moving commentary by those on both sides of the aisle, she is uniquely qualified to shed light on America's past, present, and future. Heralded by audiences and event-planners alike for never shying away from the issues, her engaging style, and her dynamic humor, Noonan leaves audiences thinking every time. Let's connect and discuss bringing HWA's New & Exclusive speaker Peggy Noonan to your next event.