I'm a long-time freelance magazine writer who made a mid-career detour into newspaper work at The Baltimore Sun, then returned to freelancing. No area of special interest. I traffic in sports, politics, health, adventure travel and general-interest features. My credits include The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Washington Post Sunday Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Slate, Wall Street Journal and National Geographic Traveler. My first book, COLOR BLIND, was published in hardcover in April 2013. The paperback release will follow in April 2014. COLOR BLIND is an offbeat-but-true story about an integrated, semipro baseball team that played in North Dakota during the Depression, led by the inimitable rubber-armed pitcher Satchel Paige I earned a masters degree in journalism at New York University, but Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. has been home for many years. I play softball, cycle, run and read in my spare time. The cycling and running often take place late at night on the National Mall...when the tourists are gone and the rats come out to play.