Mike Shropshire

Mike Shropshire (born May 22, 1942) is an American sportswriter who began his career as a reporter for the Fort Worth Press in the 1960s and has written for major publications including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, and Sports Illustrated. He has authored nine books, including Seasons in Hell, which chronicles his experience covering the Texas Rangers baseball franchise during its early years. Shropshire is also known for co-authoring a biography of the second female Texas governor with fiction writer Frank Schaefer.