Jane Leavy Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Husband, Children, Washington Post, Salary

Jane Leavy is an American sportswriter and feature writer, formerly with the Washington Post. She writes particularly about baseball.

Jane Leavy Biography

Jane Leavy is an American sportswriter and feature writer, formerly with the Washington Post. She writes particularly about baseball.

Jane Leavy Age

Leavy was born on December 26, 1951 in Roslyn, New York, United States. She is 71 years old as of 2022.

Jane Leavy Height

Leavy stands at an estimated height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Jane Leavy Family

Leavy is private about her personal life, She has not disclosed any details about her parents nor if she has any siblings.

Jane Leavy Husband

Leavy has two children, Nick born in 1985 and Emma Isakoff born in 1988. She resides in Washington, D.C., and has a house in Truro, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. There is no any available information about her husband.

Jane Leavy Salary

Leavy earns an estimated salary of about $10000to $50000 annually.

Jane Leavy
Jane Leavy

Jane Leavy Net Worth

Her net worth is estimatred to be around $1million to $5million.

Jane Leavy Education

Leavy who is originally from Roslyn, New York graduated from Barnard College in 1974 and from Columbia University School of Journalism in 1976.

Jane Leavy Career

Leavy is the author of the 1990 comic novel Squeeze Play, which was called “the best novel ever written about baseball” by Entertainment Weekly. She also wrote a best-selling 2002 biography of Sandy Koufax.

In 2010, Leavy published The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, an extensive chronicle of Mantle’s off-field behavior. The book was based on interviews she had with the late Yankee slugger. Excerpts from the book have been published in Sports Illustrated and the New York Daily News.

Leavy’s new book, The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created, was published by Harper on October 16, 2018. The book was named one of the top ten biographies/memoirs for the fall of 2018 by Publishers Weekly.

Jane Leavy Books

  • 2002 : Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy
  • 2010 : The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood

The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood

The book talk about the life journey of Mickey Mantle, one of the most beloved, and misunderstood.