Harry Pearson (born 1961) is an English journalist and author, specialising in sport.
He has twice won
The Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year award: in 2011 for ''Slipless in Settle'' and in 2018 for ''Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine''. Reviewing ''Slipless in Settle'' in ''
Wisden'',
Gideon Haigh
Gideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh (born 29 December 1965) is an English-born Australian journalist and non-fiction author who writes about sport (especially cricket), business and crime in Australia. He was born in London, was raised in Ge ...
referred to Pearson as "an extremely funny writer who turns a phrase like a
doosra".
He has been a regular contributor to the monthly football magazine ''
When Saturday Comes'' for 20 years and has also written a weekly column for ''
The Guardian''.
Books
* ''The Far Corner: A Mazy Dribble through North-East Football'' (1994)
* ''North Country Fair: Travels among Racing Pigs and Giant Marrows'' (1996)
* ''A Tall Man in a Low Land: Some Time among the Belgians'' (1998)
* ''Around the World by Mouse'' (2005)
* ''Achtung Schweinehund!: A Boy's Own Story of Imaginary Combat'' (2007)
* ''Dribble!: The Unbelievable Football Encyclopaedia'' (2007)
* ''Hound Dog Days: One Dog and His Man: A Story of North Country Life and Canine Contentment'' (2008)
* ''Slipless in
Settle
Settle or SETTLE may refer to:
Places
* Settle, Kentucky, United States
* Settle, North Yorkshire, a town in England
** Settle Rural District, a historical administrative district
Music
* Settle (band), an indie rock band from Pennsylvania
* ''S ...
: A Slow Turn around Northern Cricket'' (2010)
* ''Conkers for Goalposts'' (2010; compiler)
* ''Housekeepers, Shortlegs and Flemish String: Three Village Sports Clubs in Northumberland'' (2012)
* ''The Trundlers: The Military Medium-Paced Story of Cricket's Most Invaluable Breed'' (2013)
* ''Connie: The Life of
Learie Constantine
Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, (21 September 19011 July 1971) was a West Indian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black pe ...
'' (2017)
* ''The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling's Flemish Heartlands'' (2019)
* ''The Farther Corner: A Sentimental Return to North-East Football'' (2020)
References
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1961 births
Living people
Cricket writers
Cycling writers
English journalists
English sportswriters