Lin-Manuel Miranda Biography Due in September

Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist, a biography of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton composer and lyricist, will be released September 9 by Simon & Schuster.

Written by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, the 400-page tome traces Miranda's path from the sensitive son of Puerto Rican parents living in an immigrant neighborhood in Manhattan to becoming the most successful musical theatre writer of his generation.

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The Education of an Artist draws on over 150 interviews with Miranda鈥檚 family, friends, and mentors鈥攊ncluding Andrew Lloyd Webber鈥攚ith insights from Miranda himself.

Pollack-Pelzner reveals the sources of creativity of the creator of Broadway's Hamilton and In the Heights. The new book follows Miranda's insatiable drive to make art and his eagerness to learn from anyone who could help him make it better and how in the process of becoming an artist, he learned to synthesize his Latino heritage with the pop, hip-hop, and Broadway styles he absorbed in New York City.

鈥淭his insightful biography of the most life-enhancing musical theatre figure of his generation is essential reading, and not just for theatre nuts. I couldn't put it down,鈥� Lloyd Webber says in a statement.

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Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegr铆a Hudes, who collaborated with Miranda on In the Heights, says the new book is a "valuable, comprehensive look at an artist who keeps coming of age, growing with every project. Pollack-Pelzner pulls back the curtain on one of the great, exuberant creative minds of our time. Lin-Manuel鈥檚 work has expanded our national spirit; his collaborative and creative processes鈥攔evealed in captivating close-up here鈥攚ill blow you away.鈥�

Pollack-Pelzner writes about theatre and contemporary culture for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New York Times.

The upcoming book arrives as the Tony-winning Hamilton is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.