Danny Peary is an American film critic and sportswriter. His film writing has been published in
Focus on Film,
Newsday,
Film and Filming,
The Philadelphia Bulletin,
Movieline,
Cineaste,
Video Times/Video Movies,
The New York Daily News,
The Boston Globe,
Soho News,
Timessquare.com,
brinkzine.com,
The Sag Harbor Express, and
FilmInk. He also authored the highly influential three-volume
Cult Movies series,
Guide for the Film Fanatic, and
Alternate Oscars. Additionally, he is the writer-researcher on the long-running national sports interview television program
The Tim McCarver Show, and has written three books with McCarver. He collaborated with Ralph Kiner on his autobiography,
Baseball Forever, and coauthored
Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero and
Gil Hodges: The Brooklyn Bums, The Miracle Mets and the Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Legend. He has recently collaborated with Olympic gold medalist and cancer survivor Shannon Miller on her memoir,
It's Not About Perfect.
An economist and New York University professor, as a writer the late LAWRENCE RITTER is best remembered for his baseball book The Glory of Their Times.