Lanctot's first book, Fair Dealing and Clean Playing: The Hilldale Club and the Development of Black Professional Baseball, 1910-1932, was published by McFarland and Company in 1994.
The book was the first to uncover the true story behind Roy Campanella's near fatal car accident in 1958 and his rocky relationship with Brooklyn Dodger great Jackie Robinson.
Campy received positive reviews from the Los Angeles Times,[2] Publishers Weekly,[3] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,[4] and several other publications upon its release.
"[5] In late 2021, Lanctot’s fourth book, The Approaching Storm, was published by Penguin Random House to critical acclaim.
[6] Lanctot's writing has appeared in publications such as Smithsonian Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, and several other journals and anthologies.