John Klima

JOHN KLIMA is an award-winning baseball writer and the author of The Game Must Go On, Bushville Wins! and Willie’s Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend.

Klima’s story "Deal of the Century" was selected by David Maraniss for the 2007 edition of The Best American Sports Writing, and in 2007 he was honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Yahoo! Sports, ESPN.com, and the Los Angeles Times.

When he’s not writing, Klima works as a professionally trained baseball scout and a graduate of the Major League Baseball Scout Development Program, with a background as a national baseball columnist, minor league radio play-by-play announcer, and holder of a degree in anthropology.

John Klima’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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