Michael D'Orso
AUTHOR

Michael D'Orso

Politics & Social Sciences | Health & Wellness
Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Mike D'Orso's work includes sixteen books, all in the form of narrative nonfiction. His subjects range from politics to professional football, from racial conflict to environmental destruction, from inner-city public education to social justice to spinal cord injury. The settings for his books range from Arctic Alaska to the Galapagos Islands to the swamps of rural Florida. Honors for Mike's work include the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the New York Times Notable Book of the Year list, Newsweek Magazine's 2009 list of "50 Books For Our Times," the American Library Association's Alex Award, the Lillian Smith Book Award for writing on social justice, the Christopher Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the American Library Association's Nonfiction Book of the Year, selection among the New York Public Library's "25 Best Books of the Year", and inclusion three times in The Sporting News' annual Best Sports Stories anthology. Eight of Mike's books have been bestsellers. Three have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His newspaper work as a feature writer at the Virginian-Pilot was also nominated three times for a Pulitzer. Mike's work has been featured or reviewed in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, Outside, Cosmopolitan, Audubon, Reader's Digest, Business Week, People, and The Oxford American magazines, as well as in numerous major metropolitan newspapers, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today. He has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," C-Span's "Book TV," MSNBC and numerous National Public Radio programs, including Michael Feldman's "Whad'Ya Know?"
Read more Read less

Body for Life

Most popular
View Details

The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.

Featured Article: The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

Best Sellers

Product list
  • Body for Life cover art

    Price: $16.31 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $16.31 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00
  • Oceana cover art

    • Oceana

    • Our Planet's Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them
    • Written by: Ted Danson, Michael D'Orso
    • Narrated by: Michael Kramer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 2011-03-28
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    Price: $27.77 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $27.77 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00
  • Like No Other Time cover art

    Price: $15.09 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $15.09 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00
  • Like Judgment Day cover art

    Price: $27.83 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $27.83 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00
  • Eagle Blue cover art

    • Eagle Blue

    • A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
    • Written by: Michael D'Orso
    • Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
    • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 2013-05-07
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet

    Price: $33.01 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $33.01 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00