I am the author of a number of books, including The Red Sox Reader, The Dan Riley School for a Girl, The Virgin Missile Crisis, and Look Before You Lean (under the pen name Employee X). I am also the author of the award winning stage play Spinelli and keeper of the weekly Nobby Works blog. I grew up in Enfield, Connecticut, where I attended the Strand Theater religiously once a week. When I moved away to college, I became the projectionist for The University of Hartford Friday night classic film series as well as an usher five nights a week at Hartford's Cinerama Theater. On my nights off I went to the movies with the love of my life, Lorna . Our mutual devotion to movie watching has continued in 3-D, Imax, on laserdisc, on video tape, on DVD, and streaming. Now Playing Black Panther is the literary manifestation of my immersion in and love of the movies.