Gene Weingarten is an American journalist and humorist known for his work at The Washington Post. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing twice, once in 2008 for his piece "Pearls Before Breakfast," where he arranged for violin virtuoso Joshua Bell to play incognito in a Washington D.C. subway station, and again in 2010 for "Fatal Distraction," which discusses the tragic phenomenon of parents accidentally killing their children by leaving them in cars. Weingarten's writing is characterized by a unique blend of depth, humor, and a keen observational eye. He has also written several books and contributes to various magazine columns, providing commentary on both the mundane and the profound aspects of life.