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Will Leitch | |
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| Born | William F. Leitch Mattoon, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Notable works | The Black Table, Deadspin |
William F. Leitch is an American writer and the founding editor of the Gawker Media former sports blog Deadspin. Leitch is a national correspondent for MLB.com, a contributing editor at New York, critic at Grierson & Leitch, contributor to The New York Times, GQ, The Washington Post and NBC News and has published seven books, including Catch, a novel, Life as a Loser, a memoir, God Save the Fan, a book of sports essays and Are We Winning?, a book about fatherhood and baseball.
His fifth book, the Edgar Award-nominated novel How Lucky, was published by Harper in May 2021[1] and received an endorsement from author Stephen King.[2] His sixth book, the novel The Time Has Come, was published by Harper in May 2023.
His seventh book, Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride, will be published by Harper in May 2025.
- ^ Haylock, Zoe (2020-06-09). "Harper Acquires New Novel From Deadspin Founder Will Leitch". Vulture. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ "Will Leitch on Instagram: "I've seen worse chyrons."".