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  • Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know about Women

    Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know about Women - Hardcover

    Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know about Women - Hardcover

    By Maggie Mertens

About Maggie Mertens Books

Maggie Mertens is a writer, journalist, and editor located in Seattle. Her essays and reporting have appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, Sports Illustrated, ESPNw, Deadspin, VICE, The Cut, Glamour, Pacific Standard, Refinery29, and Creative Nonfiction, among others. Her work has also appeared in The Year's Best Sports Writing 2021 (Triumph Books), Women and Sports in the United States (The University of Chicago Press), and has been nominated for the 2021 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. She earned a B.A. in English Literature and Italian Studies from Smith College, and an M.F.A. in Creative-Nonfiction Writing from The New School.