She is open about her illness, writing "A Sudden Illness," a poignant 2003 essay in the The New Yorker about the onset and her long confinement as she slowly recovered. Since she was 19 years old, Hillenbrand has lived with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/ CFS). Both books were adapted into acclaimed movies. Laura Hillenbrand is author of two award-winning, best-selling books: Seabiscuit: An American Legend, about a champion race horse who became a national legend during the Great Depression, and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, about a promising track Olympian who suffered years as a WWII POW in Japan.
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