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“I should have stayed in Germany with Leni….” Glenn Morris, Colorado farm boy turned “world’s greatest athlete” confessed on his deathbed that he should have stayed and lived his life with Leni. The Leni—Leni Riefenstahl—legendary filmmaker and darling of Hitler’s Third Reich. Having met at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where Riefenstahl made one of her signature films, Olympia, Leni and Glenn began an intense love affair that was the subject of speculation and whispers—even during one of the most tense Olympic Games in history. Based on extensive research, Frei’s novel pieces together not only the love affair between Riefenstahl and Morris but what became of the two following the Olympics, the war years, and beyond. Olympic sports, an international romance, and world politics on the eve of World War II collide in the electrifying Olympic Affair....This meticulously researched and historically accurate novel is illuminated with plausible fictional dialog, using the same readable approach as Alex Haley's Roots and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace....Olympic Affair is simultaneously fun, informative, and thought-provoking. — Richard C. Haney, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Professor of History Emeritus, Author of "When Is Daddy Coming Home?: An American Family During World War II" ...a compelling look at an historic sporting event and a love/sex scandal cloaked in intrigue and danger. Frei’s style is reporter/novelist, cleanly balanced between event and character, offering a panorama of human triumph saddened by failure. Of the books I’ve read in the past four or five years, this one is near the top of the list. — Terry Kay, Author of "To Dance with the White Dog" Award-winning journalist, author, and screenwriter Terry Frei is in his second stint with the Denver Post. A native of Oregon, he has also written for the (Portland) Oregonian and the Sporting News, and for eight years was a featured columnist on ESPN.com. Among his previous books are Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming; 77: Denver, the Broncos, and a Coming of Age; and Playing Piano in a Brothel. He and his wife, Helen, live in Denver.