剋裏斯托弗•麥剋杜格爾（Christopher McDougall）

美國作傢。畢業於哈佛大學，後入美聯社擔任記者，赴安哥拉、剛果和盧旺達報道戰事。返美後為《戶外》、《紐約時報》、《跑步者世界》等刊物撰稿。曾三度入圍全美雜誌報道奬。

愛好跑步，但頻受腳痛之苦。偶然得知在墨西哥的銅峽榖，隱居著史上最強的長跑族群塔拉烏馬拉人。於是穿越峽榖，尋找和族人頗有交情的奇人卡巴洛，一睹這支與世隔絕的部族的真麵貌，探得跑步真諦。此間學習塔拉烏馬拉人的跑法，腳傷不治自愈，後寫下《天生就會跑》一書。

目前在練跑步之餘，寫下一部作品。

An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?

Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians of have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner, Chris McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to a climactic race in the Copper Canyons that pits America’s best ultra-runners against the tribe. McDougall’s incredible story will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.