Laura Hillenbrand

Quick Facts

Full Name	Laura Hillenbrand
Occupation	Non-Fiction Author
Date Of Birth	May 15, 1967(1967-05-15)
Age	57
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Taurus

Laura Hillenbrand Biography

Laura Hillenbrand is one of the most popular and richest Non-Fiction Author who was born on May 15, 1967 in Virginia, United States. American Author of non-fiction works and essays, such as Seabiscuit A True American Legend.

Angelina Jolie directed the film adaptation of her second book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption about Louis Zamperini. directed the film adaptation of her second novel, Unbroken An Unbroken: An Unbroken: World War II Story of Survivance, resilience, and Redemption about Louis Zamperini.

Laura Hillenbrand (born May 15, 1967) is an American author of books and magazine articles. Her two bestselling nonfiction books, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001) and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010), have sold over 13 million copies, and each was adapted for film. Her writing style is distinct from New Journalism, dropping “verbal pyrotechnics” in favor of a stronger focus on the story itself.

Hillenbrand’s essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Equus magazine, American Heritage, The Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Times, The Backstretch, Turf and Sport Digest, and other publications. Her 1998 American Heritage article on the horse Seabiscuit won the Eclipse Award for Magazine Writing.

She was married to Borden Flanagan her college sweetheart in the year 2008.

Laura Hillenbrand Net Worth

Laura Hillenbrand is one of the richest Non-Fiction Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Laura Hillenbrand 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a student at Kenyon College in Ohio, however, she was forced to quit after she was diagnosed with the chronic fatigue Syndrome.

Seabiscuit Her first novel was awarded her the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2001.

Hillenbrand belongs to a generation of writers who emerged in response to the stylistic explosion of the 1960s. Pioneers of New Journalism like Tom Wolfe and Norman Mailer wanted to blur the line between literature and reportage by infusing true stories with verbal pyrotechnics and eccentric narrative voice. But many of the writers who began to appear in the 1990s … approached the craft of narrative journalism in a quieter way. They still built stories around characters and scenes, with dialogue and interior perspective, but they cast aside the linguistic showmanship that drew attention to the writing itself.

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Who is Laura Hillenbrand Dating?

According to our records, Laura Hillenbrand married to Borden Flanagan. As of December 1, 2023, Laura Hillenbrand’s is not dating anyone.

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Hillenbrand experienced the sudden onset of a then unknown sickness at 19. She was a sophomore at Kenyon College. Up until the symptoms struck, she was an avid tennis player, cycled in the nearby country and played football on the quad. One day driving back to school from spring break, she became violently ill. Three days later, she could hardly sit up in bed and she could not make the walk to classes. “Terrified, confused, she dropped out of school” and her sister drove her home. She shuttled from doctor to doctor for a year before being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome at Johns Hopkins. She said it was the most hellish year of her life. Because the name of her illness does not represent the extent of the disease, in 2011 Hillenbrand said of her diagnosis:

Facts & Trivia

Laura Ranked on the list of most popular Non-Fiction Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Laura Hillenbrand celebrates birthday on May 15 of every year.

In a 2014 interview, Bob Schieffer said to Laura Hillenbrand: To me your story – battling your disease ….is as compelling as his (Louis Zamperini’s) story.

Is Laura Hillenbrand still married?

Laura Hillenbrand
Spouse| Borden Flanagan ​ ​ ( m. 2006; div. 2015)​

How did Laura Hillenbrand meet Louis Zamperini?

“The way I found Louie was through Seabiscuit ,” Hillenbrand said in 2012. “When I was researching Seabiscuit, I was perusing a lot of 1930s newspapers – that’s what I like to do, read the whole newspaper.”

How old is Laura Hillenbrand?

55 years (May 15, 1967)

What influenced Laura Hillenbrand to write Unbroken?

Hillenbrand’s interest in extreme physical feats drew her to both stories. This interest stems from Hillenbrand’s own physical limitations. She has suffered for decades with debilitating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and was homebound with limited physical movement for twenty-five years.

When was Laura Hillenbrand born?

May 15, 1967 (age 55 years)