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Chris Jones

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Chris Jones is a journalist, sports columnist, and bestselling author. Chris was most recently a writer-at-large for Esquire magazine, where he won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for the story that became the basis for his second book. Previously, he was a sportswriter at the National Post, where he won an award as Canada’s outstanding young journalist. Chris is the author of Out of Orbit and Falling Hard: A Rookie’s Year in Boxing. He is the author of Out of Orbit and Falling Hard: A Rookie’s Year in Boxing. His work has also appeared in The Best American Magazine Writing and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies. His work has also been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, and WIRED.

BOOKS

  • Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space

  • Out of Orbit: The Incredible True Story of Three Astronauts Who Were Hundreds of Miles Above Earth When They Lost Their Ride Home

  • The Eye Test: A Case for Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics