Julian Guthrie Explained

Julian Guthrie
Nationality:American
Occupation:Journalist

Julian Guthrie is an American journalist and author based in San Francisco, California, USA.

Career

Guthrie started her journalism career at the San Francisco Examiner, and after its merger, continued at the San Francisco Chronicle.[1] She published her first book, The Grace of Everyday Saints, in 2011, about a church's closure order. It was based on work she had done as metro reporter covering the church's drama in 2005. In 2013, she published her second book, The Billionaire and the Mechanic, which was updated to include the Oracle Team second win at the America's Cup in its 2014 second edition.[1] Its second edition landed on the New York Times bestsellers list. In 2014, her third book was preemptively sold to Penguin Books. That book was originally entitled "Beyond: Peter Diamandis and the Adventure of Space",[2] before becoming How to Make a Spaceship. In 2016, her third book, How to Make a Spaceship, was published. This book enticed several offers to acquire the film rights. It landed on the New York Times bestsellers list, and became a finalist in the 2017 PEN/Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and won the 2016 Emme Astronautical Literature Award. Her fourth book, Alpha Girls, bought up by Currency Books in 2017 for 2019 publication, incited a bidding war in 2017 for its film and TV rights, ending up at Welle Entertainment.

Publications

The Grace of Everyday Saints:Covers the battle of a Roman Catholic congregation to keep their neighborhood church open despite the command by the Church hierarchy to close 'St. Brigid's Church' down.[3]
  • The Billionaire and the Mechanic
  • Covers the origins of Team Oracle USA, with founder Larry Ellison, and its quest to win the America's Cup,[4] and through its second edition, the second win of the America's Cup.[1] Angus Phillip's review in The Wall Street Journal said of the book that "She (the author) clearly had exceptional access to the generally media-shy billionaire and provides detailed descriptions of Mr. Ellison's living spaces, work habits, tennis pals like Rafael Nadal and Jimmy Connors, best friend and neighbor Steve Jobs, his many airplanes, cars, boats and houses, his clothing tastes, even his food preferences. She paints a picture of a modern contrarian who delights in bucking convention, which is how he wound up at Golden Gate."[5]
    How to Make a Spaceship
  • Covers the origin of the X Prize, its funding woes, the teams that entered the competition, major figures related to the contest, the winning team with SpaceShipOne, and the follow-up of Virgin Galactic scooping up the winning tech.[6] Gregg Easterbrook's review in The Wall Street Journal said of the book that "'How to Make a Spaceship' offers a rousing anthem to the urge to explore."[7]
    Alpha Girls:Covers the unsung women heroes of Silicon Valley and the computer industry.

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    Awards and honors

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Julian Guthrie . 2018 . Space Tech Summit .
    2. News: XPrize Space Race Story Gets Book Deal (Exclusive) . October 7, 2014 . Andy Lewis . The Hollywood Reporter .
    3. News: 'The Grace of Everyday Saints,' by Julian Guthrie . Don Lattin . August 14, 2011 . San Francisco Chronicle .
    4. The Billionaire and the Mechanic . July 1, 2013 . Wind Check Magazine .
    5. News: The Race Behind the Races . Angus Phillips review . Angus Phillip . The Wall Street Journal . May 24, 2013 .
    6. Come on Hollywood, Give Us an X Prize Movie Already . 221 . Geek's Guide to the Galaxy . Wired . September 16, 2016 .
    7. News: 'How to Make a Spaceship' Takes on the Birth of the Second Space Age . Gregg Easterbrook review . Gregg Easterbrook . The Wall Street Journal . September 16, 2016 .
    8. News: Silicon Valley Tale 'Alpha Girls' Sells to Cathy Schulman's Welle Entertainment . April Dawn . July 25, 2017 . The Industry .
    9. Reviews:
    10. News: Sports and Fitness – Bestsellers . July 6, 2014 . The New York Times .
    11. News: Science – Best Sellers – November 2016 . November 13, 2016 . The New York Times .
    12. Web site: 2017 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award . 2017 . PEN America .
    13. Web site: 2017 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalists Announced . January 20, 2017 . E.O. Wilson Foundation .
    14. Web site: Julian Guthrie Announced as Recipient of American Astronautical Society Emme Award . September 8, 2017 . Diane L. Thompson . American Astronautical Society (AAS) .
    15. Web site: Emme and Ordway Award Winners Announced . Jim Way . September 14, 2017 . American Astronautical Society (AAS) .

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