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Madeleine Blais

Biography

Madeleine Blais

Madeleine Blais was a reporter for the Miami Herald for years and won a Pulitzer Prize before joining the faculty of the Department of Journalism at the University of Massachusetts. She is the author of TO THE NEW OWNERS, IN THESE GIRLS, HOPE IS A MUSCLE, UPHILL WALKERS and THE HEART IS AN INSTRUMENT, a collection of her journalism. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Madeleine Blais

Books by Madeleine Blais

Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble
by Madeleine Blais - Biography, Nonfiction, Sports

In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the famed Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a glamorous worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet today one of America’s greatest female athletes and most charismatic characters is largely forgotten. QUEEN OF THE COURT places her back on center stage.