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Marshall Jon Fisher is an American journalist and author, best known for his 2009 book, A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played. He has written or cowritten six other books and wrote frequently for the Atlantic Monthly from 1995 to 2002.[1]
Early Life and Education
[edit]Marshall Jon Fisher was born June 25, 1963 in Ithaca, New York to David E. Fisher and Leila (nee Katz) Fisher. His father was a longtime professor and scientist at the University of Miami and the author of some twenty-five books, both fiction and nonfiction.[2] Marshall Fisher grew up in Miami and graduated from Brandeis University in 1985. After working various jobs, he received an M.A. in English and Creative Writing at the City College of New York.
Career
[edit]Fisher began his freelance writing career writing for various magazines, such as Earthwatch and the Los Angeles Times Magazine.[3] In 1995, he began writing for the Atlantic Monthly, and he was a frequent contributor over the next seven years.[4]
He cowrote several books with his father, including Tube: the Invention of Television and Strangers in the Night: A Brief History of Life on Other Worlds, which was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of the "25 Books to Remember from 1998."[5]
His 2002 essay "Memoria ex Machina" was chosen for several anthologies, including Best American Essays 2003.[6][7][8]
In 2009, Crown published his book A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played. It won the inaugural PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.[9] In 2024 it was announced that a movie of the book was being produced, directed by Daniel Brühl and starring Felix Kammerer.[10]
In 2013 Fisher's novel A Backhanded Gift was published, and in 2022 Abrams Press brought out his latest nonfiction book, Seventeen and Oh: Miami, 1972, and the NFL's Only Perfect Season.
Personal Life
[edit]Fisher is married to Mileta Roe, a professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Simon's Rock at Bard College. They have two sons. Since 1999 he has lived in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.[11]
Bibliography
[edit]Fisher, David E. and Marshall Jon Fisher. Tube: The Invention of Television. Counterpoint, 1996.
Fisher, David E. and Marshall Jon Fisher. Strangers in the Night: A Brief History of Life on Other Worlds. Counterpoint, 1998.
Fisher, Marshall Jon. A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played. Crown, 2009.
Fisher, Marshall Jon. A Backhanded Gift. New Chapter Press, 2013.
Fisher, Marshall Jon. Seventeen and Oh: Miami, 1972, and the NFL's Only Perfect Season. Abrams Press, 2022.
References
[edit]- ^ "Marshall Jon Fisher, The Atlantic". The Atlantic. 2002-05-01. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "David Fisher Obituary (1932 - 2023) - Legacy Remembers". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ Fisher, Marshall; Fisher, David E. (1991-09-15). "The ATTACK of the KILLER MOSQUITOES : Global Warming Could Bring a Deadly Increase in Insect-Borne Epidemics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "Marshall Jon Fisher, The Atlantic". The Atlantic. 2002-05-01. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ www.nypl.org https://www.nypl.org/collections/nypl-recommendations/lists/btr1998. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The best American essays 2003. Internet Archive. Boston : Houghton Mifflin. 2003. ISBN 978-0-618-34160-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Comley, Nancy R. (2006). Fields of reading : motives for writing. Internet Archive. Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's. ISBN 978-1-312-44693-9.
- ^ "Memoria ex machina, by Marshall Fisher". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ kanopi_admin (2012-11-16). "2010 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing". PEN America. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (2024-07-02). "Daniel Brühl to Direct Nazi Era Tennis Biopic 'Break' With 'All Quiet on Western Front' Team, 'Night Manager' Producers". Variety. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "Marshall Jon Fisher | Penguin Random House Canada". www.penguinrandomhouse.ca. Retrieved 2025-12-08.