Joel Engel

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.

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. See less