Make It Happen!: Ashima Shiraishi, Rock Climber

by Dan C. Gunderman

Ashima Shiraishi has taken the climbing world by storm. She succeeds while leaping between her life in New York City, the quiet corners of a gym, or an outdoor rock face. All of these worlds have helped her develop as a professional athlete, student, and person. With the help of her community and her will to succeed, Ashima has managed to Make It Happen! in a truly unique way.

56 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Dan C. Gunderman is an author of historical fiction and nonfiction who holds an MFA degree in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. His debut novel, "Synod," a tale of faith and abolition along the early Underground Railroad, was published in January 2018. His other titles include two middle-grade biographies for LightSwitch Learning (March 2018). He specializes in writing nineteenth-century fiction. Dan’s particular research interests include English and military history, along with Antebellum and Gilded Age U.S. politics. He is a former staff writer for the New York Daily News, where he also served as a film and television critic. He is currently a contributing film writer for TheCriticalCritics.com. Dan lives on Lake Hopatcong, the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, with his fiancée.