Daughter. Sister. Athlete. Circus star. Pin up queen. Wrestler. Mars Bennett was all of the above – and then some. She was well on her way to stardom when her life was…
On November 20, 2023, Eat Sleep Wrestle will release the biography of Women’s World Wrestling Champion June Byers. The Great and Inimitable June Byers chronicles the life story of the woman who…
I’ve been teasing this all week. It’s time for a reveal. My next historical biography tells the story of June Byers. She was born and raised in Texas and earned the nickname…
If you’ve read my books about Elvira Snodgrass or Mars Bennett or even the history of Louisville, you know who Mildred Burke is. If you’re any kind of fan of the golden…
I’m so excited to see the reaction to this book so far. When you write about a wrestler who was born 100 years ago (this August) and died 65 years ago (also…
When the largest wrestling company in the world tried to honor the second African American woman to lace up the boots, they made three mistakes. One, they didn’t not contact her family….
Never heard of Elvira Snodgrass? Neither had I. She passed away in 1956, and most of the ladies who survived her seem to have simply forgotten her. In her prime she was…
The 2020 CAC James Melby Award Winner Greg Oliver just posted a terrific editorial on Slam! Wrestling about the quest to chronicle pro wrestling history. After reading an advance copy of the…
Someone on Facebook recently posed an interesting question: if you had a wrestling time machine and could go back to see any wrestling match, what would you go back to see? I…
Mildred Burke was tough. She was a legitimate shooter trained by Billy Wolfe who could take on men as well as women. She held the women’s world championship for more than twenty…
