Martin Dugard is an American

United States

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 author living in Rancho Santa Margarita

Rancho Santa Margarita, California

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, Orange County

Orange County, California

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, California

California

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. He lives with his wife and three sons. His works include:

• Chasing Lance
  Lance Armstrong
  Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support...
  
  
• Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth
• Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Capt. James Cook
  James Cook
  Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
  
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• Into Africa: The dramatic retelling of the Stanley
  Henry Morton Stanley
  Sir Henry Morton Stanley, GCB, born John Rowlands , was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley allegedly uttered the now-famous greeting, "Dr...
  
  -Livingstone
  David Livingstone
  David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...
  
   story,
• The Last Voyage of Columbus
  The Last Voyage of Columbus
  The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Swordfight, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Gold, War, Hurricane and Discovery is a non-fiction book, authored by Martin Dugard and published in 2005 by Little, Brown and Company...
  
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• The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War
  Mexican–American War
  The Mexican–American War, also known as the First American Intervention, the Mexican War, or the U.S.–Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S...
  
  , 1846–1848
• Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever (co-written with Bill O'Reilly
  Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)
  William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. is an American television host, author, syndicated columnist and political commentator. He is the host of the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which is the most watched cable news television program on American television...
  
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• To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking on a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better place)

His 2008 screenplay, A Warrior's Heart, was released in Norway

Norway

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 as a feature film starring Kellan Lutz

Kellan Lutz

Kellan Christopher Lutz is an American fashion model, and film and television actor, who is best known for playing Emmett Cullen in the Twilight series.-Early life:...

 and Ashley Greene

Ashley Greene

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. It was also presented at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

 in 2011 and it will be released in the United States on 2 December 2011.

In addition, Dugard's blog, The Paper Kenyan, offers readers a daily riff on history, endurance sports, and travel.

Dugard regularly immerses himself in his research to understand characters and their motivations better. To better understand Columbus he traveled through Spain, the Caribbean and Central America. He followed Henry Morton Stanley’s path across Tanzania while researching Into Africa (managing to get thrown into an African prison in the process) and swam in the tiger shark-infested waters of Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay to recreate Captain James Cook’s death for Farther Than Any Man. On the more personal side of adventure, Dugard competed in the Raid Gauloises endurance race

Raid Gauloises

The Raid Gauloises or The Raid is considered by many to be the first modern adventure race and was first held in 1989. Its creator, Gerald Fusil, took the existing concept of long distance endurance races, and focused on the team aspects, requiring each competitor to be part of a five person co-ed...

 three times, and flew around the world at twice the speed of sound aboard an Air France

Air France

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 Concorde

Concorde

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. The time of 31 hours and 28 minutes set a world record for global circumnavigation. Dugard’s magazine writing has appeared in Esquire

Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...

, Outside

Outside (magazine)

Outside is an American magazine focused on the outdoors. The first issue debuted in September 1977 with its mission statement declaring that the publication was "dedicated to covering the people, sports and activities, politics, art, literature, and hardware of the outdoors..."Its founders were...

, Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

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, and GQ, among others. In 2005, he branched out from writing and adventure to take a walk-on position as head cross-country and track coach at JSerra High School

JSerra High School

JSerra Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic high school located in San Juan Capistrano, California and sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange....

in San Juan Capistrano, a position that he still holds.