Jane Leavy





Jane Leavy

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Jane Leavy is the author of the New York Times bestseller Sandy Koufax: A Leftys Legacy and the comic novel Squeeze Play, which Entertainment Weekly called the best novel ever written about baseball. She was a staff writer at The Washington Post from 1979 to1988, first in the sports section, then writing for the style section. She covered baseball, tennis, and the Olympics for the paper. She wrote features for the style section about sports, politics, and pop culture, including, most memorably, a profile of Mugsy Bogues, the 53 guard for the Washington Wizards, which was longer than he is tall.

Before joining the The Washington Post, she was a staff writer at womenSports and Self magazines. She has written for many publications, including Th...more


Average rating: 3.91 · 2,064 ratings · 311 reviews · 4 distinct works
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,029 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions
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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 975 ratings — published 2002 — 19 editions
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Squeeze Play: A Novel
3.04 of 5 stars 3.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions
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