award-winning author of 24 books including Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock & Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006), Singing a New Tune: The Rebirth of the Modern Film Musical (2005), Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest & Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).