Richard Askwith is a British journalist and author.
He is best-known for the cult 2004
fell running
Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. The name arises from the origins of the English sport o ...
book ''
Feet in the Clouds'', which won him the Best New Writer prize at the
Sports Book Awards. The book was also shortlisted for 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 ...
and the
Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.
Askwith's book ''Unbreakable'' about
Lata Brandisová
Countess Marie Immaculata Brandisová, also known as Lata Brandisová or Lata von Brandis, (26 June 1895 – 12 May 1981) was a Czech equestrian and the only woman to win the Great Pardubice Steeplechase. Her victory over the Nazi officers at th ...
was voted Biography of the Year at the
Sports Book Awards in 2020.
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Stephanie Shirley
Dame Vera Stephanie "Steve" Shirley (previously Brook, née Buchthal; born 16 September 1933) is an information technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist (naturalised British in 1951).
Early life
Shirley was born as Vera Buch ...
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(co-written with
Tom Karen
Thomas Josef Derrick Paul Karen (born March 1926) is a British industrial designer of Czech descent. He was managing director and chief designer of Ogle Design from 1962 until 1999. He oversaw design of the Bush Radio TR130 radio, the Raleig ...
)
References
External links
Richard Askwith website
English sportswriters
Living people
1960 births
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