Monte Burke

Monte Burke is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Saban: The Making of a Coach, a biography of Alabama head coach, Nick Saban. He is also the author of 4TH And Goal: One Man’s Quest to Recapture His Dream, which won an Axiom Award and has been optioned for a feature film, and Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World Record Largemouth Bass, which was named one of the best books of the year by Sports Illustrated and Amazon, and was chosen for Barnes & Noble’s “Discover Great New Writers” program. His latest book, Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession and the Hunt for the World-Record Tarpon, was described by the Wall Street Journal as “wonderful…a lush, panoramic book.”

After a 14-year stint as a reporter, staff writer and editor at Forbes, he is now a contributing editor at the magazine. He is also a contributing editor at Garden & Gun and The Drake. He has also written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Outside, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Field & Stream and Golf Digest.

Burke grew up in New Hampshire, Vermont, North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama, and graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in Religion. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters.