The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson: The Life, Legacy, and Tragic Death of a Cyclist Who Was Just Getting Started

She was 25 years old. She had just won the Sea Otter Classic, the Belgian Waffle Ride, and Big Sugar Gravel. She was one of the most exciting cyclists in the world. Four days before her next race, she was murdered.The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson is a narrative nonfiction account of the life, rise, and violent death of Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson — a Dartmouth-educated engineer who became one of gravel cycling's brightest stars before being killed in Austin, Texas, on May 11, 2022.This book goes beyond the crime. It reconstructs Mo's upbringing in New Hampshire and Vermont, her pivot from alpine skiing to cycling after injury, her remarkable athletic ascent, and the plans she had for her life beyond racing. Drawing on her journals, trial records, and the documented legacy of her community work, this is the full account the headlines never gave her.Killer Kaitlin Armstrong fled to Costa Rica. She was caught. She was convicted. She received 90 years. But Mo Wilson deserved more than a crime story. This book gives it to her. Read more