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Mike D'Orso
Mike D'Orso (born October 12, 1953) is an American journalist based in Norfolk, Virginia.
D'Orso authored the books ''Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood'' (1996), ''Plundering Paradise'' (2002), and ''Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska'' (2006) — and co-authored ''Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement'' (1998), written with U.S. Congressman and former civil rights leader John Lewis, ''Body For Life'' (1999), written with fitness expert Bill Phillips, and ''Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them'' (2011), written with actor/activist Ted Danson.
==Life==
D'Orso's father was a U.S. Navy submarine officer and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. D'Orso was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and was raised in numerous military base cities, including Key West, Florida, San Diego, California, Charleston, South Carolina, and Frankfurt, Germany. He graduated with a degree in philosophy from the College of William and Mary in 1975 and earned a master's degree in English from William and Mary in 1981.
D'Orso was staff writer for Commonwealth Magazine(1981-1984), features writer for ''The Virginian-Pilot'' (1984-1993) and contributor to ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine (1988-1993). Seven of his books have been best sellers: ''Rosewood: Like Judgment Day'' and ''Body For Life'' (both New York Times); ''Walking With the Wind'' (Los Angeles Times and Washington Post); ''Like No Other Time'' and ''In Praise of Public Life'' (Washington Post); ''Rise and Walk'' (Bookstore Journal National Christian Bestsellers); and ''Winning With Integrity'' (Business Week)}. ''Walking With the Wind'' also won the 1999 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and was selected for ''Newsweek'' magazine's 2009 list of "50 Books For Our Times".
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