Books
I’m currently working on my next book, the forgotten story of the six climbers who summited Denali in 1970 and became the first all-women’s expedition to stand atop one of the world’s high peaks. Forthcoming from Abrams Press in spring 2025.
The Hard Parts
with Oksana Masters
Scribner Books
The United States’ most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete tells her jaw-dropping story of triumphing over extraordinary Chernobyl disaster-caused physical challenges to create a life that, by example, challenges everyone to push through what is holding them back.
Named one of the best sports books of 2023 by The Times, awarded the Alex Award from the American Library Association, the Christopher Award, and long listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
"A gut-wrenching, wildly inspiring story about overcoming the most daunting obstacles through steely tenacity, sheer will, and a great big dose of motherly love."
—Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle
The Year’s Best
Sports Writing
2023
Richard Deitsch, a media reporter at The Athletic and a former Sports Illustrated writer, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports.
Selected from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and digital publications during the previous year, these stories capture enduring moments while celebrating the craft of writing at its most sublime.
Including: “Alone at the Edge of the World” by Cassidy Randall
Campfire Stories
Volume II
Includes a diverse range of writers Inspired by America’s beloved national parks, Campfire Stories Volume II is a collection of modern prose, poetry, folklore, and more, featuring commissioned, new, and existing works from a diverse group of writers who share a deep appreciation of the natural world. While the original Campfire Stories captured many historic tales reflecting the first 100 years of the National Park Service, this completely new collection, focused on five different parks (plus two long-distance trails), depicts the parks as we know and experience them today.
Including: “Biking Going to the Sun” by Cassidy Randall
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