Author Bio & Stories

David Davis

David Davis is a contributing writer at Los Angeles Magazine. He is the author of Showdown at Shepherd's Bush: The 1908 Marathon and the Three Runners Who Launched A Sporting Craze (St. Martin's). He lives in Los Angeles and is on Twitter at @ddavisla.

  • May 16, 2013
    Mickey, Willie, and Everyone Else: A Conversation with Allen Barra

    The veteran sportswriter Allen Barra made the relationship between two of the greatest and most iconic players of their generation the subject of his new book. But the relationship between Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle was also about the relationships between stars and fans, legend and memory, and everything else.

  • November 2, 2012
    The Long Haul of the New York City Marathon

    As the New York City Marathon faces the strangest run in its history in the wake of Hurricane Sandy's devastation, it seems worthwhile to take a look back at this long race's long, strange, and almost implausibly colorful history, both in New York and in the public consciousness.

  • June 26, 2012
    Marathon Crasher

    In 1963, Merry Lepper became the first woman ever to finish a marathon. But first the marathon had to get ready for her. An excerpt from Marathon Crasher, by David Davis.