James Zug (born 1969) is an American writer. He is the author of six books.

Life

He was born and raised in

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. He has written for national magazines and newspapers, as well as for publications in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. He has written for

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and for a time had a weekly blog on squash, the game, for Vanity Fair's online edition. A former reader at

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, he is a senior writer at Squash Magazine. Zug has written an obituary on a South African communist; a review of a travel book on Siberia; a magazine article on the last player of an obscure

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; an essay on Quaker education; an appreciation for Doris Lessing's forgotten first novel; and an interview with a groundhog handler in

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. His latest book is about a coach who has overcome tremendous adversity to lead his team to the all-time collegiate record for consecutive win streaks. His fiction has appeared in the anthology ''Stress City: A Big Book of Fiction By 51 DC Guys'' (Paycock Press, 2008) . He also appeared in South Africa's ''Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation Under Apartheid'' (Ohio University, 2000) . He lives in Wilmington, Delaware, with his wife.

Works

* ''Squash: A History of the Game'' (Scribner, 2003) * ''The Preserve'' (privately printed, 2004) * ''American Traveler: The Life & Adventures of John Ledyard'' (Basic Books, 2005) * ''The Last Voyage of Captain Cook: The Collected Writings of John Ledyard'' (editor; National Geographic Society) * ''The Guardian: The History of South Africa's Extraordinary Anti-Apartheid Newspaper'' (Michigan State University Press and the University of South Africa Press, 2007) * ''The Long Conversation: 125 Years of Sidwell Friends School'' (privately printed, 2008) * ''Run to the Roar: Coaching to Overcome Fear'' (with

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; Penguin, 2010).

Awards

* George Plimpton Award,

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, 2003 * Bronze Medal, Independent Book Publishers Award, 2008

References

External links

Official website

Run to The Roar website
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Interview on New Books in History
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