Laura Hillenbrand

Laura Hillenbrand ( born May 15, 1967 in Fairfax, Virginia) is an American writer.

Life

Laura Hillenbrand was born in Fairfax in 1967 and grew up on the ranch of her father in Sharpsburg, Maryland, on. Already in her youth, she started writing articles about history and horse racing.

She studied at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Meanwhile, she fell ill on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and turned to writing to.

Her essays have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, American Heritage, USA Today, and Reader 's Digest.

2001, her first non-fiction book was published about the racehorse Seabiscuit. It remained 42 weeks on the bestseller list of the New York Times and later became a best-seller worldwide. The book was made ​​into a film by Gary Ross in 2003.

Her second book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, a biography of the Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini, a film adaptation of the work appeared in 2010 by Angelina Jolie is being planned..

Hillenbrand lives in Washington, D.C.

Works

• Seabiscuit: the will to succeed. 2003, Munich, Ullsteinhaus, ISBN 3-548-36482-9
• Defiance: a true story of resistance and struggle for survival. 2011, Stuttgart, Klett- Cotta, ISBN 978-3-608-94624-6