Melissa Isaacson is an award-winning journalist and author whose 26-year career has spanned the sports world and whose work has consistently endeared her to her readers.
The Chicago Tribune’s principal beat writer for the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls during their championship years of the early 90s and later the Chicago Bears for seven seasons, Isaacson was also one of the paper’s most respected feature writers and columnists.
Currently writing for ESPNChicago.com, Isaacson will begin her teaching career at Northwestern University – Medill’s graduate journalism program .
Isaacson lives in Northbrook, Ill., with her husband Rick and their children, Amanda and Alec. (from her website ©Melissa Isaacson)
About Sweet Lou, Lou Piniella, A Life in Baseball:
Author Melissa Isaacson explores Piniella’s background, his parents, his friends, and his roots in Tampa that explain not only his hot-headedness but also reveal a very down-to-earth family man. Along the way, she charts his ascension to become the beloved skipper of the Cubs, setting his sights on his sixth pennant and the possibility of leading the Cubs to their first world championship in over 100 years. Sweet Lou is a riveting portrayal of a consummate and controversial larger-than-life baseball personality whose full impact on the game has yet to be measured.
