Gwendolyn Oxenham

Gwendolyn Oxenham is the author of Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer and Finding the Game: Three Years, Twenty-Five Countries and the Search for Pickup Soccer (St Martin’s Press). She directed Pelada, an award-winning documentary about the global game. She has written for The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and Slate, and has an MFA in creative writing. A Duke University soccer alum, she played for Santos FC in Brazil.