Dion Leonard

In October 2016, HarperCollins Publishers announced the expected publication of a trilogy of books about Leonard's and Gobi's journey together. The book titled Finding Gobi, received favourable high praise in Publishers Weekly and other reviews. The paperback version was officially launched in United States on 1 June 2017 and went onto become a New York Times Bestseller at number 3. The hardback version was released in United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand on 13 June 2017 reaching the Sunday Times Bestsellers list. This was followed by a paperback version later released in February 2018 also reaching the Sunday Times Bestseller List. Finding Gobi is now available in 21 languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Japanese, German, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Korean, French, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovene and Russian. A young adult edition and a children's picture book was also released in 2017. The young adult edition book won the 2017 New York City Big Book Award.

On 13 March 2017, Twentieth Century Fox announced that it is developing a movie based on Dion Leonard and Gobi's extensive journey together.

Dion Leonard (born 2 January 1975) is an Australian/British endurance athlete and ultramarathon runner, Motivational speaker, and author of New York Times Bestseller 'Finding Gobi', the non fiction memoir of his story of his dog, Gobi, who ran 77 miles of a 155-mile race across the Gobi Desert. Leonard started running in 2013 and has already achieved numerous top 10 finishes (including wins) in ultra races around the world in the most extreme conditions. Leonard has not only competed in but completed some of the world's toughest  ultra running races across the most inhospitable landscapes.