Holly Morris (born September 30, 1965) is an American author, documentary director/producer and television presenter. Her articles have been published in The New York Times Book Review, More, O, Slate, The Daily Telegraph, The Week and other national publications.
Morris was born in Chicago, Illinois, US. She is the daughter of former professional football player Johnny Morris and Jeannie Morris, a sports reporter and writer. Johnny Morris was a Chicago Bears wide receiver who became a long-time sportscaster for WBBM-TV in Chicago and a football color commentator with CBS Sports. Jeannie Morris is the author of the best-selling book Brian Piccolo: A Short Season, the story of an American National Football League player who died of cancer at the age of 26.
Author
She is the author of Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine (Random House), a New York Times EditorâÂÂs Choice, and contributes to many publications, including âÂÂO,â The New York Times, The Week and The Independent. Her story about a subculture of illegal âÂÂStalkersâ inside the ChernobylâÂÂs Dead Zone appeared in SLATE.
In 2010, her article "A Country of Women" was published.
Creative activist
Morris is the former Editorial Director of the book publishing company Seal Press, where she edited the Adventura series â ground breaking books about women explorers, travelers, and environmental issues. As an editorial director, she acquired and edited fiction and non-fiction on diverse topics including third wave feminism, health, international politics, and travel.
Executive Director
Morris is now Executive Director of Tomorrow's Women, a nonprofit that trains and supports Palestinian, American, and Israeli women in leadership and peacemaking skills.
Morris lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Santa Fe, NM, with her partner Michael Kovnat and their daughter.
As director/producer
As travel host
As author
As editor
As Documentary Subject