Wright Thompson

Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN, contributing writer to the Atlantic, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Barn, Pappyland, and The Cost of These Dreams. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi with his family.

Books in order of publication:

The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business – 2019

Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last – 2020

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi – 2024