About the Author
Warren St. John is both a journalist and an author. He works as a feature writer for the New York Times. He has also written for The New Yorker, Slate, The New York Observer and Wired.
His first book, Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania was published in 2004. It was voted one of Sports Illustrated best books of the year in 2004 and is ranked number one on The Chronicle of Higher Education's list of the best books ever written about collegiate athletics.
Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference was published in 2009. The book grew out of a series of feature articles that St. John had written for the New York Times.
St. John was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended college at Columbia University in New York City where he majored in English Literature. He currently lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. He describes himself on his Twitter page as an "obsessed bike racer."
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