Donald McRae (born 1961) is a South African writer.
Born in
Germiston
Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a small city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000. It functions a ...
in 1961, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1984.
McRae is noted as the only two-time winner of the
William Hill Sports Book of the Year
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British sports literary award sponsored by bookmaker William Hill. The award is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing. It was first awarded in 1989, and was devised by Graham ...
award with ''
Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing'' in 1996 (2nd ed.
Hamilcar Publications
Hamilcar Publications is a Boston-based book publisher and a division of Hannibal Boxing Media LLC. Founded in 2018 by Kyle Sarofeen and Andy Komack, Hamilcar's titles focus on professional boxing, true crime, and hip-hop.
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, 2019) and ''
In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens'' in 2002. His other works include ''Every Second Counts: the Race to Transplant the First Human Heart'' (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006), ''The Great Trials of Clarence Darrow: The Landmark Cases of Leopold and Loeb, John T. Scopes, and Ossian Sweet'', published in 2009, '' A Man’s World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith'' (Simon & Schuster, 2015), ''Steven Gerrard: My Story'' (Joseph/Penguin, 2015), and ''In Sunshine Or In Shadow: How Boxing Brought Hope In The Troubles''.
References
1961 births
Living people
South African writers
People from Germiston
South African expatriates in the United Kingdom
The Guardian people
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