Alexi Pappas at PR Running in Leesburg

Meet Olympic runner, flimmaker, and writer Alexi Pappas at PR Running at the Village at Leesburg. Her heartwarming and life-affirming memoir , Bravey, Adapted for Young Reades, will inspire young readers, as she shares the touchstone moments in her life that helped her learn about confidence and self-reliance, compassion and forgiveness, and loss and hope, in this accessible and motivating memoir.

About the author

Alexi Pappas is an award- winning writer, filmmaker, and Olympic athlete. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Runner's World, Women's Running, Sports Illustrated, The Atlantic, and Outside, among other publications, and she has been profiled in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, New York, and Rolling Stone. Pappas co- wrote, co- directed, and starred in the feature film Tracktown with Rachel Dratch and Andy Buckley. Most recently, she co- wrote and starred along-side Nick Kroll in Olympic Dreams, the first non- documentary style…