Tucson Festival of Books

If You Like Basketball


Tucson loves basketball, and in this session we'll go behind the scenes with some of the sport's greatest stars: Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Julius Erving and Caitlin Clark. In addition to their athletic achievements, the panel will delve into the players' origin stories and their winning teams.


Panelists
Christine Brennan

An award-winning sports columnist for USA Today,  Christine Brennan is a commentator for CNN, ABC News and PBS NewsHour. Her latest book, “On Her Game,” is the first about Caitlin Clark and her impact on U....

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Luke Epplin

Luke Epplin is the author of two noted sports books, "Moses and the Doctor: Two Men, One Championship, and the Birth of Modern Basketball" and "Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball....

Keith O'Brien

Keith O'Brien is The New York Times bestselling author of "Charlie Hustle," "Paradise Falls," "Fly Girls," and "Outside Shot." He has won the 2025 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld award for biography, has been a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, NPR, and This American Life....

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Books:
Heartland
Keith O'Brien
Sports
Atria Books
March 2026
ISBN 9781668211700
320 pages
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Moses and the Doctor
Two Men, One Championship, and the Birth of Modern Basketball
Luke Epplin
Sports
Grand Central Publishing
February 2026
ISBN 9780306833496
320 pages
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On Her Game
Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports
Christine Brennan
Sports
Scribner
July 2025
ISBN 9781668090190
272 pages
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