Bob Katz is the author of three published books, as well as provocative articles and
op-ed pieces in magazines and newspapers. The books are:

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Third and Long
(Trolley Car Press, 2010)

A dying midwest factory town finds new life when a former Notre Dame football star
is hired as the local plant manager. Soon, he is handed not just the job of saving Made Right clothing,
but the far more daunting task of saving the town. As it turns out, this may be the one challenge
for which his checkered career has prepared him.

Third and Long is a moving portrait of a vanishing America hanging by a thread,
with perhaps just enough time remaining for one last miraculous play.

"The handsome, laconic stranger with the mysterious past alights from the train in a small town,
and . . . It sounds like the start of a western in stagecoach times, but it's really a mid-western
in a global economy. Third and Long is an engagingly sweet tale of first impressions, second chances."
........................................................................................................................~ Frank Deford

"If John Steinbeck had known as much about sports as Bob Katz does, he would have been
proud to have written Third and Long. And if Tony Kornheiser or Michael Wilbon are looking for
a smart sports book inspired by the emphathy and understanding that Katz feels for the people
in our old industrial towns, they will turn to Third and Long. Katz has offered us a smart, moving,
beautiful and important book."
........................................................................................................................~ E. J. Dionne Jr.
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ELAINE'S CIRCLE
(Marlowe & Co., 2005)

A Teacher, A Student, A Classroom, and One Unforgettable Year.
This true story of an inspiring fourth grade teacher in Eagle River, Alaska and
a 10-year old boy diagnosed with terminal cancer has been widely praised:

“This book is a gift. It’s a reminder of the profound lessons that can happen
daily in the classroom of a gifted teacher."
...............................~ Marc Brown, author and executive producer of the “Arthur” children’s book series

"Elaine's Circle offers a gripping and moving account of how compassion
can transform people in the most difficult of times."
...............................~ Daniel Goleman, author of "Emotional Intelligence"
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HOT AIR
(Birch Lane, 1990)

A comic novel about a Latin American revolutionary on a speaking tour of Midwest college
campuses. Hailed as “a thoughtful, amusing debut” by Kirkus, the novel was optioned for a
movie by Michael Keaton and MGM.

Bob’s articles and op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Parents, The Nation, the Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, The Boston Globe, Mother Jones, Parenting, Chicago Tribune, and many other publications.

Highlights include:

• A piece in the late Spy magazine on the phenomenon of famous football coaches
..delivering motivational speeches to business conventions.

• Cover article in Mother Jones on gadfly lawyer Mark Lane, a survivor of the Jonestown massacre.

• Chicago Tribune op-ed on the glut of beer commercials in sports telecasts.
..“Daddy, Why is the Girl in the Bikini Kissing the Beer Bottle?” was the working title.