Seeing Serena

“A deep, satisfying meditation on Serena’s path.” —The New York Times Book Review “Enlightening. . . . [a] keen analysis.” —The Washington Post A riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams—chronicling her return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter, and combining biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to see her, fully, as the most consequential athlete of her time.

Gerald Marzorati is the author of Late to the Ball, a memoir about becoming a serious tennis player later in life. He writes regularly about tennis for The New Yorker. He was the editor of The New York Times Magazine from 2003 to 2010. He previously worked as an editor at the Soho News, Harper’s Magazine, and The New Yorker. His writing has appeared in The New York Times and many other publications. His first book, A Painter of Darkness, won the PEN/Martha Albrand award for a first book of nonfiction.