Once There Were Giants
HOW TINY HEBRON
WON THE ILLINOIS STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
AND THE HEARTS OF FANS FOREVER

About the Authors

Scott Johnson and Julie Kistler are both graduates of Elgin High School and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Although they have been married for 21 years, Once There Were Giants is their first literary collaboration. Johnson, an assistant executive director with the Illinois High School Association, has researched and written many articles and monographs on Illinois high school sports, while Kistler is a full-time writer with some 25 published novels and more than 600 theater reviews to her credit.