Nicholas Dettmann

Nicholas Dettmann is a veteran journalist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has worked at daily newspapers in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Michigan City, Indiana, and West Bend, Wisconsin.

He has also appeared in numerous newspapers around the country, including the Houston Chronicle, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Baltimore Sun.

He has won 11 writing awards at the local, regional and national levels, including six first-place honors. He is a two-time national finalist for the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports by Penn State University's John Curley Center for Sports Journalism (2011 and 2012). He is the award's only two-time finalist.

Nicholas graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a degree in journalism & mass communications.

In 2010, Nicholas wrote a story about a high school swimmer who suffered from dwarfism. His dream was to become a Paralympian. The Wisconsin Newspaper Association said, “Good story and nice storytelling getting the reader into the story.”

Nicholas was first published in 2001 at only 19 years old when he wrote a poem, “Remembering,” honoring the death of a classmate. It received an Editor’s Choice award from Poetry.com (http://Poetry.com).

His writing idols include Rick Reilly, Mitch Albom, John Grisham and Tom Hallman Jr. In his spare time, Nicholas enjoys reading and spending time with family and friends.

Nicholas’ specialty is writing personality profiles.

Nicholas is married to his wife, Elizabeth, and they have two cats, Daisy and Dory.

He is also on Twitter: @ndettmann

He has begun work on his second book. It is inspired by a true story.