Fever Pitch Fever Pitch Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: "Fever Pitch" (1997, UK) and "Fever Pitch" (2005, U.S.). The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but later paperback editions were not. "Fever Pitch", first published in 1992, is Hornby's first novel. It tells the story of the author's relationship with football and with Arsenal Football Club, in particular. It consists of several chapters in chronological order, from the time the author first became a football fan as a child until his early thirties.
D. Brock Hornby Ernest Gellhorn) 60 Virginia Law Review 975 (1974). Hornby is married to Helaine Cora (Mandel) Hornby, a management consultant in human services. They have two children and five grandchildren. D. Brock Hornby David Brock Hornby (born April 21, 1944) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine. Hornby was born in 1944 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, and was raised there and in London, Ontario. Hornby received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1965. From 1965-66, he was enrolled in the Near Eastern Languages and