New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin has become the hottest name in sports over the past few weeks. The young Harvard graduate's sudden rise to fame has been widely covered in newspapers, tv and online. Coverage of Lin is now moving to books. There are already a few rushed ebooks about Lin on Amazon.com. Hachette Book Group announced today that its Center Street imprint will publish a Jeremy Lin book in May.
Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity by Timothy Dalrymple will be published in May 2012. Dalrymple has interviews with Jeremy Lin over the past two years. He has followed the basketball phenom even before his emergence on the world stage. The book will chronicle Lin's early career as well as his impact on the Asian-American community.
Harvard graduate Jeremy Lin recently became a New York Knicks phenomenon and he’s the NBA's first American-born player of Taiwanese descent. The book will chronicle Lin's high school, college and early career in the NBA with particular emphasis on the media explosion surrounding his success as starting guard with the Knicks. It will explore how Jeremy's Christian faith, family, education and cultural inheritance have contributed to his success. The book will also include interviews with basketball experts on Jeremy's future in the NBA, Asian-American thought leaders on the role of race in Jeremy's rise to stardom, and renowned Christian athletes and pastors on the potent combination of faith and sports.
