Mark Hodgkinson’s biography of Novak Djokovic, ‘Searching for Novak’, won the International Sports Book of the Year award at the 2025 Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards. It was also a Times sports book of the year in 2024, was long-listed for the 2024 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award and has been published in 10 languages. As a ghostwriter, Mark has collaborated with Daniel Craig, Tom Hiddleston and their trainer Simon Waterson on two fitness books, the second of which was an Amazon No. 1 bestseller. He has also worked with Olympic gold medallists in several sports, as well as a former Marine and a psychologist. Mark’s other projects have included ghosting for boxer Lawrence Okolie, the world cruiserweight champion, which Fearne Cotton called ‘the most motivational book I’ve ever read’. Mark also wrote a book for Naomi Osaka’s coach, Sascha Bajin, which was a bestseller in Japan.
A former sports journalist for the Daily Telegraph, Mark has ghosted words for Robbie Williams (for a fashion project), Bjorn Borg (an entire newspaper supplement) and Martina Navratilova (a Sports Illustrated cover story). Under his own name, Mark has written a biography of Carlos Alcaraz, which will be published in September 2025. He consults for international sports brands in Europe, the United States and Japan.
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