She and actor Gary Sinise were cofounders of Operation International Children, a charity that provided school supplies to children through American troops. Her work has also appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Vanity Fair, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Laura Hillenbrand (born May 15, 1967) is an American author of books and magazine articles. Perhaps the biggest star of all to grace the grounds was the legendary racehorse, Seabiscuit. She is the co-founder of Operation International Children, which provides school supplies to children through American troops. THE STORY OF SEABISCUIT Willits, California boasts an illustrious and star-studded history, with many of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, and Carole Lombard, frequent guests of Charles S. Hillenbrand’s New Yorker article, “A Sudden Illness,” won the National Magazine Award. Laura Hillenbrand is the author of Seabiscuit and Unbroken. She served as a consultant on the Universal Pictures feature film based on Unbroken. Driven to limits of endurance, Zamperini's fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would depend on the strength of his will.Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, and Seabiscuit: An American Legend, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Book Sense Nonfiction Book of the Year award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, landed on more than fifteen best-of-the-year lists, and inspired the film Seabiscuit, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Now Zamperini faced a journey of thousands of miles of open ocean on a failing raft, dogged by sharks, starvation and the enemy. But as war loomed, he joined up and was soon embroiled in the ferocious battle for the Pacific. As a boy, he turned to petty crime until he discovered a remarkable talent for running, which took him to the Berlin Olympics. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini.
So begins one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. After an agonising delay, a young lieutenant finally bobbed to the surface and struggled aboard a life raft. On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Laura Hillenbrand is the author of two 1 New York Times bestsellers Seabiscuit: An American Legend and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Laura Hillenbrand (born May 15, 1967) is an American author of books and magazine articles. A gripping true story of human endurance and the resilience of one remarkable individual during WWII from Laura Hillenbrand (author of 'Seabiscuit').
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