Lee Benson's Inside Guide to the Games 2002 Salt Lake City - Softcover

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Lee Benson is recognized as Utah's leading expert on the Olympics and has covered seven Games in his career as a journalist and author. He has written five books on the Olympics including:

•Chamonix to Lillehammer - a history of the Olympic Winter Games, 1994
•Athens to Atlanta - a history of the Olympic Summer Games, 1993
•Glory & The Games - an anthology of inspirational Olympic stories, 1997
•Trials & Triumphs, Mormons in the Olympics Games (with Doug Robinson), 1992
•Salt Lake 2002, An Official Book of the Olympic Winter Games, 2001

He has written 11 other published books, including a memoir written with BYU Football coach LaVell Edwards, a motivational book written with four-time Olympian Henry Marsh, and a true crime novel, Blind Trust, about former Utah Congresswoman Enid Greene-Waldholtz.

His writing style has captivated Utah readers for 20 years, the first 17 as a sports columnist and the past three as a Metro Page columnist for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. He was named Sportswriter of the Year for the state of Utah for 15 straight years, from 1979 through 1993, and in 2000 his column won 1st place honors in the American Association of Sunday & Feature Editors (AASFE) contest.

His latest book, Lee Benson's Inside Guide to the Games 2002, has been praised by Utahns and Olympic enthusiasts worldwide.

In addition to being a published author and Utah expert, Lee is a native Utahn and Brigham Young University graduate (B.A. in journalism).