Known for such non-fiction works as The Last Voyage of Columbus; Into Africa: The Dramatic Retelling of the Stanley-Livingstone Story; and To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking on a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better Place), Dugard also penned a screenplay titled A Warrior's Heart. In the early years of his career, he published essays in Sports Illustrated, GQ, and other prominent publications.