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Author Bio
• Birth—1962
• Where—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Education—B.A., Harvard University
• Currently—lives in Peach Bottom, Penn.
Christopher McDougall covered wars in Rwanda and Angola as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press before writing his best-selling book Born to Run (2009). His fascination with the limits of human potential led him to create the Outside magazine's web series, "Art of the Hero."
He currently lives with his wife, two daughters, and a farmyard menagerie in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (From the publisher.)
McDougall with his wife, Mika, and Sherman.
Bob Williams for The Philadelphia Inquirer