Tony Castro
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Tony Castro

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TONY CASTRO is a critically acclaimed journalist, historian and author, recognized for his New York Times bestselling work that includes the literary biography Looking for Hemingway (NPR: Best Books of the Year), the landmark civil rights history Chicano Power (Publishers Weekly: "Brilliant... a valuable contribution to the understanding of our time...") and his multi-volume profile of baseball icon Mickey Mantle, detailing his crucial role in shaping the place of modern sports heroes in American pop culture. Castro's forthcoming biography The Girl Who Would Be Marilyn Monroe: An Intimate Portrait of the Young Norma Jeane—about how the future Hollywood screen legend overcame a traumatic, complicated childhood—will commemorate the centennial anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's birth. That book is due out in 2026 from Bloomsbury Publishing. Educated at Baylor and Harvard, where he was the youngest Nieman Fellow in the college's history, Tony is a former national correspondent for The Washington Post, and has also written for the Los Angeles Times, and Sports Illustrated. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Renee LaSalle and Jeter, their black Labrador retriever. Their two grown sons, Trey and Ryan, also reside in Southern California.
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    • The Glory and Tragedy of a Yankee Friendship
    • By: Tony Castro
    • Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
    • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 24-02-2026
    • Language: English
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