Martin Gitlin is a veteran author and sportswriter. He has had about 150 books published since 2006, including The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine Book (Lyons Press). His Great American Cereal Book soared to No. 1 in both the Americana and Breakfast Book categories on Amazon.com immediately upon release and remained there for several months, while his Powerful Moments in Sports: The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History earned critical acclaim. Gitlin won more than forty-five awards as a sports journalist from 1991 to 2002, including first place for general excellence from the Associated Press for his coverage of the Indians?Braves World Series in 1995. AP also selected him as one of the top four feature writers in Ohio. Gitlin lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.