(1991-present) Author of 25+ nonfiction books, including "When Lions Were Kings" (2020), "The Big Jump" (2011), "Detroitland" (2011), "Boneyards" (2010), "Peach" (2005), "A Distant Thunder" (2004), "Henry and Edsel" (2003), and "Joe Louis: The Great Black Hope" (1996).