Bill Gifford

Bill Gifford is a veteran magazine writer and editor who writes about extraordinary athletes and cutting-edge health science, specializing in aging and longevity. He is coauthor of the worldwide bestseller Outlive. Prior to that, he wrote the New York Times bestseller Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (Or Die Trying). His magazine work has taken him from West Africa to Southeast Asia, the permafrost of Siberia to the monster waves of Nazare, Portugal. A native of Washington, D.C., he now lives in Salt Lake City, where he can often be found skiing or cycling in the mountains. He is a longtime contributing editor of Outside magazine, and his articles have appeared in many other national publications, as well as in Best American Sportswriting.