--- title: Lucas Wittmann | TIME description: Lucas Wittmann is an editorial director at TIME. He oversees the Ideas section. He is the recipient of a National Magazine Award. canonical: https://time.com/author/lucas-wittmann/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/lucas-wittmann/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Lucas Wittmann  ## Lucas Wittmann Lucas Wittmann is an editorial director at TIME. He oversees the Ideas section. He is the recipient of a National Magazine Award.  ## Lucas Wittmann *  Jun 13, 2023 ### [6 Essential Cormac McCarthy Books](https://time.com/6286994/cormac-mccarthy-best-books/) From 'The Road' to 'No Country for Old Men' [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  May 28, 2021 ### [The Best Books of 2021 So Far](https://time.com/6050302/best-books-2021-so-far/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Nov 21, 2020 ### [The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020](https://time.com/5913865/best-nonfiction-books-2020/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Nov 19, 2020 ### [The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020](https://time.com/5913197/best-fiction-books-2020/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Sep 3, 2020 ### [The 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2020](https://time.com/5885088/best-books-fall-2020/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Aug 6, 2020 ### ['Veritas' Reexamines the Truth of Jesus' Wife](https://time.com/5876217/ariel-sabar-veritas/) Ariel Sabar's 'Veritas' offers a damning assessment of a scholar who was duped by a forged scrap of ... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  May 9, 2019 ### [The Little-Known Story of Harper Lee's Failed Attempt to Write a True Crime Novel](https://time.com/5586403/casey-cep-furious-hours-harper-lee-book/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Mar 7, 2019 ### [Dystopian Novel _The Wall_ Shows Us What Goes Down When a Wall Goes Up](https://time.com/5546787/john-lanchester-the-wall-book-review/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Nov 19, 2018 ### [8 Must-Read Books You Might Have Missed in 2018](https://time.com/5458670/best-books-you-missed-2018/) Engrossing novels, smart short stories and mind-expanding nonfiction [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Oct 18, 2018 ### [Best-Selling Historian Joseph J. Ellis Explains What the Founding Fathers Got Wrong](https://time.com/5428184/joseph-ellis-founding-fathers-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 4, 2018 ### [Why Best-Seller Paulo Coelho Thinks Books Should Never Be Made Into Movies](https://time.com/5415042/paulo-coelho-hippie/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/lucas-wittmann/","name":"Lucas Wittmann"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/lucas-wittmann/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/lucas-wittmann/"},"name":"Lucas Wittmann","jobTitle":null,"description":"Lucas Wittmann is an editorial director at TIME. He oversees the Ideas section. He is the recipient of a National Magazine Award.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74bd88b23e7914bf/698a3dde09208ffa6041a715/Lucas-Wittmann-headshot.jpeg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/lucas-wittmann/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```