Lynn McConnell completed a Master of Arts in History in 2017 after a lifetime in newspaper and digital journalism. He has 25 books to his credit. These include: Something to Crow About (the centennial history of Southland rugby), Galatas 1941: Courage in Vain, Behind the Silver Fern (two editions), Chats (The autobiography of Ewen Chatfield), Living the Dream (The autobiography of Mils Muliaina), McKechnie, Double All Black (the autobiography of Brian McKechnie), the Shell Encyclopedia of New Zealand Cricket, the New Zealand Cricket Annual, 1992 and 1993, Grand Larseny (the 1999 World Cup Cricket diary of Gavin Larsen), Conquerors of Time (the story of the 1936 Berlin Olympics 1500m final won by Jack Lovelock), The 300 Club, The First 50 (New Zealand's first 50 Test cricket victories), Cricket's Global Warming (with Glenn Turner).

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