Martin Dugard (born June 1, 1961, in

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) is an American author living in Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County,

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. He and his wife have three sons. Alongside working a corporate marketing job, Dugard began writing professionally in 1988 for endurance sports magazines such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1993, after covering the

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adventure race in

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, Dugard left corporate marketing to pursue a full-time writing career. Dugard has done journalistic work, such as covering the

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from 1999 to 2008, he primarily writes narrative non-fiction. Dugard wrote his first work of history in 2000.

Works

Martin Dugard's works include: * ''The Explorers'' * ''Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth'' * ''Into Africa: The dramatic retelling of the Stanley- Livingstone story'', * '' The Last Voyage of Columbus''. * ''The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846–1848'' * ''To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking on a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better place)'' Co-written with Bill O'Reilly * '' Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever'' * '' Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot'' * '' Killing Jesus: A History'' * '' Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General'' * '' Killing Reagan: A Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency'' * '' Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan'' * '' Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence'' * '' Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History'' * '' Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America'' * ''Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America'' * ''Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists'' * ''Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity''. St. Martin's Press. * ''Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden''. St. Martin's Press. His 2008 screenplay, '' A Warrior's Heart'', was released as a feature film starring

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and Ashley Greene. It was also presented at the

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in 2011 and was released in the United States on 2 December 2011. For a number of years, Dugard wrote a daily blog entitled ''The Paper Kenyan'' offering readers a daily riff on history, endurance sports, and travel.The Paper Kenyan
/ref> He still blogs from time to time, though on a much less frequent basis.

References

External links

Martin Dugard's blog ''The Paper Kenyan''
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