Tucson Festival of Books

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


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