In this episode of WriterFest Podcast, Ami talks with Andrea Williams, author and journalist. Andrea worked in marketing and development for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, before turning to writing full-time. She’s the author of Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues and co-author of We Are Family with LeBron James. Andrea lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and their four children.
Andrea William’s latest book is:
Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues (MacMillan, 2021)
For fans of Hidden Figures and Steve Sheinkin's Undefeated, this is the powerful true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
“A smart and determined woman becomes an unlikely influence in baseball’s Negro Leagues . . . A fascinating contribution to baseball and racial history.” —Kirkus Reviews
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