Doug Levy, author of Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic Athletes Under the Radar, is passionate about how Olympic heroism goes beyond the medal stand. He is a retired sportswriter, reporter, lobbyist, and business owner. a lifelong sports buff and a huge fan of the Olympic Games.

He owned and operated a lobbying and government affairs consulting business for twenty-five years, and worked as a sports reporter, sports columnist, and news reporter for the Tri-City Herald newspaper in southeast Washington and as a news and politics reporter for The Columbian in Vancouver, Washington through much of the 1980s.

He has skydived, run two marathons, climbed a mountain, paraglided, bungee-jumped, and once testified at a murder trial. Hero Redefined is his first book.

Doug will be returning to Vashon on May 19, 2026 to talk about the book at the Vashon Public Library.