Tucson Festival of Books

Jane Leavy



Richard Mallory Allnut

Jane Leavy is the author of The New York Times bestsellers "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created," "The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood," and "Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy," and the comic novel "Squeeze Play." Her latest book is "Make Me Commissioner." She has written for many publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, and The Los Angeles Times. She grew up on Long Island where she pitched briefly and poorly for the Blue Jays of the Roslyn Long Island Little League 

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Awards: Seymour Medal for Baseball History & Biography


Books:
Make Me Commissioner
I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It
Sports
Grand Central Publishing
September 2025
ISBN 9780306834684
400 pages

The Big Fella
Babe Ruth and the World He Created
Sports
HarperCollins
October 2018
ISBN 9780062380227
656 pages