Christopher Klein Author & Freelance Writer

Christopher Klein is a Boston-based author and freelance writer specializing in travel, history, and sports. His most recent book is The Die-Hard Sports Fan's Guide to Boston (Union Park Press, 2009), the ultimate handbook to spectator sporting events in and around Boston. He is also the author of Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands: A Guide to the City's Hidden Shores (Union Park Press, 2008). He is currently writing Strong Boy (Lyons Press, 2013), the story of America's first sports superstar, the brash, colorful Irish-American boxer John L. Sullivan.


Christopher is a regular contributor to the travel pages of The Boston Globe, and his articles and photographs have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, The Boston Globe Magazine, New England Travel, The Daily, Harvard Magazine, GO Magazine, AAA Horizons, Smithsonian.com, History.com, AmericanHeritage.com, and ESPN.com. His HubTrotter blog focuses on travel and history topics in Boston and beyond. More



If you'd like to learn more or discuss a project, contact me at chris@christopherklein.com.

What's New

Listen to my appearances on Radio Boston (WBUR) and Boston Public Radio (WGBH) about How Boston Shaped Abraham Lincoln 
 
My next book project has been announced: Strong Boy, which will be published by the Lyons Press in the spring of 2013, will tell the story of the brash, colorful Irish-American boxer John L. Sullivan and the birth of America's sports celebrity culture. 

Click here to listen to my recent appearance on The Callie Crossley Show, talking about the original Gerrymander

Click here to view my photographs of the Boston Harbor Island. If you are interested in purchasing any of the photographs, e-mail me at chris@christopherklein.com.

My lecture on the Boston Harbor Islands is now featured on the WGBH Forum Network. Click here to watch. 
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