Brian Raftery

Photograph by Marie Buck

About The Author

Brian Raftery’s work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Wired, GQ, and The Ringer. He’s the author of Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen, and the host of multiple podcasts for the Ringer, including the acclaimed Gene & Roger. He lives in Burbank, California, with his wife and daughters, and will never eat meat again.

Books by Brian Raftery

Hannibal Lecter

A Life

"This is a fascinating, fluidly written history of everyone's favourite brain-eating cannibal." - EMPIRE

Drawing from exclusive interviews and previously unseen archival materials, this one-of-its-kind biography of Hannibal Lecter documents the cannibal’s journey from te...

Best. Movie. Year. Ever.

How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen

From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999—“a terrifically fun snapshot of American film culture on the brink of the Millennium….An absolute must for any movie-lover or pop-culture nut” (Gillian Flynn).
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