Richard Askwith

Richard Askwith
Askwith in 2010
Askwith in 2010
Born1960
Notable worksFeet in the Clouds
Website
richardaskwith.co.uk

Richard Askwith is a British journalist and author.[1] He is best-known for the cult 2004 fell running book Feet in the Clouds, which won him the Best New Writer prize at the Sports Book Awards. The book was also shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.[2][3][4]

Askwith's book Unbreakable about Lata Brandisová was voted Biography of the Year at the Sports Book Awards in 2020.[5][6]

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