About the Author

Joel Engel has authored and co-authored more than fifteen books covering topics such as narrative nonfiction, essays, sports, satire, pop culture, biography, and autobiography. One of his books, The Oldest Rookie, was made into the Disney movie, The Rookie. As a former journalist for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, among other papers and magazines, he reported on everything from politics to hot-air ballooning, pregnancy to cancer research, pop culture to business.