Roland Lazenby

Roland Lazenby is an American sportswriter and educator who has written more than five dozen nonfiction books, focusing primarily on basketball and American football. He is the author of the bestselling and definitive biographies 'Michael Jordan' and 'Jerry West.' His book 'Bull Run!' was named Sports Book of the Year for 1997 by the Independent Publishers Association, and 'Michael Jordan: The Life' won the same honor at the 2015 Polish Sports Book Awards. He studied at the Virginia Military Institute and Hollins University, and has taught at Virginia Tech and Radford University.