Born June 17, 1943, in Harrisburg, PA; son of Robert Bruce and Kathleen (Daugherty) Gingrich; married Jacqueline Battley, 1962 (divorced); married Marianne Ginther, 1981 (divorced, 2000); married Callista Bisek, August 18, 2000; children: Linda Kathleen, Jacqueline Sue. Education: Emory University, B.A., 1965; Tulane University, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1971. Religion: Baptist. Memberships: American Academy of Arts and Letters, World Future Society, Conservative Opportunity Society (cofounder), Sierra Club, Georgia Conservancy, Kiwanis Club. Addresses: Home: Virginia. Office: The Gingrich Group, LLC, 1301 K St. NW, Suite 800 W, Washington, DC 20005.

• (Author of preface) Alfred Balitzer, A Nation of Associations, American Society of Association Executives and American Medical Political Action Committee, 1981.
• (With Marianne Gingrich and David Drake) Window of Opportunity: A Blueprint for the Future, Tor (New York, NY), 1984.
• (Author of foreword) Teresa Donovan, Marcella Donovan, and Joseph Piccione, Voluntary School Prayer: Judicial Dilemma, Proposed Solutions, Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, 1984.
• (Author of foreword) David Dean, editor, Low Intensity Conflict and Modern Technology, Air University Press (Washington, DC), 1986.
• (Author of introduction) Perry Smith and others, Creating Strategic Vision, National Defense University Press (Washington, DC), 1987.
• (Author of foreword) Gordon Jones and John Marini, editors, Imperial Congress, Pharos Books (Jupiter, FL), 1988.
• Contract with America: The Bold Plan to Change the Nation, Times Books (New York, NY), 1994.
• Quotations from Speaker Newt: The Little Red, White, and Blue Book of the Republican Revolution, Workman (New York, NY), 1995.
• (With Bill Tucker) To Renew America, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1995.
• Restoring the Dream: The Bold New Plan by House Republicans, Times Books (New York, NY), 1995.
• (With William R. Forstchen) 1945 (novel), Baen Publishing Enterprises (New York, NY), 1995.
• Newt Gingrich's Renewing American Civilization (sound recording), Audio Renaissance Tapes, 1997.
• Lessons Learned the Hard Way: A Personal Report, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1998.
• (With William Forstchen) Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2003.
• (With Dana Pavey and Anne Woodbury) Saving Lives & Saving Money, Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, 2003.
• Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America, Regnery (Washington, DC), 2005.
• (With William R. Forstchen) Days of Infamy (novel), Thomas Dunne Books (New York, NY), 2008.

Contributor to books, including Liberal Cliches/ Conservative Solutions, edited by Phil Crane, Green Hill (Ottawa, IL), 1984; Nuclear Arms: Ethics, Strategy, Politics, edited by Jim Woolsey, ICS Press (San Francisco, CA), 1984; and House of Ill Repute, edited by Dan Renberg, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1987. Member of editorial board, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism.