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What Made Maddy Run by Kate Fagan is a work of narrative nonfiction and investigative sports journalism centered on Madison Holleran, a gifted New Jersey athlete who entered the University of Pennsylvania as a freshman track runner and died by suicide in January 2014 at age 19. Fagan, a sports journalist with her own background as a college athlete, expands on her earlier reporting for espnW to examine the pressures surrounding Maddy rather than reducing her death to a single explanation. The book combines interviews, family cooperation, personal communications, and broader cultural analysis to explore college adjustment, elite athletics, perfectionism, depression, and social media performance. Its purpose is not to sensationalize tragedy, but to show how a young person who appeared successful, loved, and socially connected could still experience profound distress. The result is both a specific account of one life and a wider inquiry into mental health among high-achieving students and student-athletes.