Mike Pride Wife: Was Mike Pride Married?

Monique Pride was the wife of Mike Pride a New Hampshire-based author and journalist.

Mike Pride met Monique in a bar and proposed to her less than a month later. They were married in January 1970 and had three sons: Sven, Yuri, and Misha. They raised three sons and enjoyed spending summers at their cottage on Rand Pond in Goshen.

Mike Pride died on Monday, April 24 2023, in Florida with his family by his side. He died at the age of 76 from a long-standing blood disorder.

Mike Pride became managing editor of the Concord Monitor in 1978 and editor in 1983. The  Concord Monitor received significant national attention during Pride’s tenure at the publication.

He was a four-time Pulitzer Prize juror before becoming a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board for 9 years, ending as co-chair in April 2008.

Mike Pride left the Monitor in 2008 but returned in early 2014 to serve as editor during a management transition before leaving again in May. He wrote or co-wrote several books about the American Civil War and World War II.