Non-Fiction by Non-Men: Britni de la Cretaz & Lyndsey D’Arcangelo

For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate.
Published on November 9, 2021.

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Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo are the authors of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League, published by Bold Type Books.

De la Cretaz is a freelance writer who focuses on the intersection of sports and gender. They are the former sports columnist for Longreads and for Bitch Media. Their work has appeared in the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, espnW, Vogue, The Washington Post, Teen Vogue, The Ringer, BleacherReport, The Atlantic, and more. They live in the Boston area.

D’Arcangelo writes about women’s college basketball and the WNBA for The Athletic. Her articles, columns and profiles on female/LGBTQ+ athletes have previously appeared in The Ringer, Deadspin, espnW, ESPN, Teen Vogue, The Buffalo News, The Huffington Post, NBC OUT, and more. She received a Notable Mention in the 2018 Best American Sports Writing anthology for her story, “My Father, Trump and The Buffalo Bills.” D’Arcangelo lives in Buffalo, New York.