Keith O'Brien

Keith O'Brien is an award-winning journalist and a New York Times bestselling author. He has written four books and has contributed to multiple publications over the years, including the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post and National Public Radio. He lives in New Hampshire. His latest book is "Charlie Hustle" a biography of baseball hits leader, Pete Rose, and a cultural history of the ball player's time.

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Awards: Finalist PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting, Longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

A Sports Book Feast

Three of the most accomplished sports authors we have -- Joe Posnanski, Jack McCallum and Keith O'Brien -- will compare notes with themselves and all of us here today. It will be hard to keep score. Their stories are from football, basketball and baseball, but all three are winners in our book.

UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)  
Sat, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sports
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)  

Panelists: Jack McCallum, Keith O'Brien, Joe Posnanski
Moderator: Dana Cooper

Another Side of Sports

Is it a sports book or a true crime thriller? A sports book or a satire of college athletics? A sports book or a history of the Black athlete in America? Rus Bradburd, Louis Moore and Keith O'Brien will let you be the judge.

Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Sports
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Rus Bradburd, Louis Moore, Keith O'Brien
Moderator: Michael Guymon

Books:

Charlie Hustle

The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
Sports
Random House
March 2025
ISBN 9780593469392
480 pages

Fly Girls

How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
History / Biography
Mariner Books
January 2019
ISBN 9781328592798
384 pages