Frankie de la Cretaz
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Frankie de la Cretaz
 
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Frankie is a freelance writer whose work sits at the intersection of sports, gender, culture, and queerness. Their writing is a mix between reported journalism and creative nonfiction, and they teach writing classes at GrubStreet.

Their work has been featured in the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Vogue, the Washington Post, Bleacher Report, The Ringer, The Atlantic, and many others. You can read clips of their writing here.

Their book, HAIL MARY: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League, is co-written with Lyndsey D’Arcangelo is available now, from Bold Type Books. The book was called “a delight” by Publisher’s Weekly and named one of the Los Angeles Times’ “10 sports books we loved in 2021.”

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Hail Mary tells the little-known, fascinating story of the rise and fall of the National Women's Football League, told through the players whose spirit, rivalries, and tenacity carried the league and furthered the legacy of women in sports.

The book is a celebration of women athletes and their fight on and off the field, and a powerful story of the league that changed their lives and the course of women's sports.

HAIL MARY

The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League

by Frankie de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo

Order today from Bold Type Books or Bookshop.org

HAIL MARY Reading Group Guide for classes or book clubs

Awards and Recognition

  • 2017 Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Journalism from the Transformative Culture Project: “The Yawkey Way,” DigBoston

 

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