Laurie Becklund

Laurie Becklund is a writer and editor whose books include Swoosh: The Story of Nike and the Men Who Played There, coauthored with J. B. Strasser. She is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer, for which she reported extensively from Mexico and Central America, and shares a Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporting. She has also received the Society of Professional Journalists' award for best deadline writing nationwide. She lives in Hollywood with her husband and their daughter.