Andrew Maraniss, New York Times bestselling author

of 10 sports and social justice nonfiction books for adults, teens, and children. And, as of next week, he will have a new sports fiction series for children called Sports Zone published by Scholastic. Andrew's books have received the Lillian Smith Book Award for civil rights, the RFK Book Award Special Recognition Prize for social justice, and the Sydney Taylor Honor Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. His books have also been named to the American Library Association's Rainbow Book List and RISE Feminist Book List and Esquire Magazine's list of "100 Best Baseball Books Ever Written." A 1992 Vanderbilt graduate and 2016 alum of Leadership Nashville , Andrew is now Vanderbilt University Historian and Director of Special Projects at the Vanderbilt Athletic Department. He lives in Brentwood with his wife, Alison, and two children. www.andrewmaraniss.com.