Johnette Howard
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- Where should I start?
- All In: An Autobiography is the natural starting point — it's the Johnette Howard book we've reviewed, and it holds a 4.6/5 reader rating from 1,482 Amazon ratings. It traces Billie Jean King's life from working-class beginnings on Long Beach public courts to twenty Wimbledon championships, the iconic 'Battle of the Sexes' win over Bobby Riggs, and decades of activism for women's and LGBTQ+ rights.
- What's their writing style?
- Howard writes as a veteran sports journalist: thorough, well-reported, and grounded in the subjects they've covered for four decades. The Times praised All In as 'lucid, accomplished, thorough,' which captures the clear, authoritative voice behind their book-length work on tennis legends.
- Books we've reviewed
- We've reviewed 1 Johnette Howard book so far. All In: An Autobiography is Billie Jean King's account of her life — from Long Beach public courts to thirty-nine grand-slam titles, the 'Battle of the Sexes,' and decades of activism — co-written with Howard and Maryanne Vollers, with a 4.6/5 reader rating from 1,482 Amazon ratings.
- What genre do they write?
- Johnette Howard writes sports nonfiction, centered on tennis and the people who defined it. All In falls squarely in the Sports genre as a memoir-biography hybrid, blending Billie Jean King's playing career with her activism.
- What should I read after All In?
- Within Johnette Howard's own body of work, The Rivals: Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship is the natural follow-up, exploring another defining rivalry and friendship from the same era of women's tennis. It's the other book mentioned in Howard's bio, though we haven't reviewed it on LuvemBooks yet.
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