Matthew Goodman - Penguin Books Australia

Matthew Goodman is the author of four previous books of nonfiction. His book Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World was a national bestseller and has been translated into eight languages. His most recent book, The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team, received the New York City Book Award and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The American Scholar, and numerous other publications.

Books by Matthew Goodman

For readers of Erik Larson and Unbroken, this is the remarkable and little-known story of two American women who in 1889 were sent around the world in a contest to outpace not only Jules Verne's fictional 80-day voyage--but each other.