Nick Hornby Hornby, the chairman of London and Continental Railways, and Margaret Audrey, Lady Hornby ("née" Withers). He was brought up in Maidenhead, and educated at Maidenhead Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read English. His parents divorced when he was eleven. Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about American Writers such as Tobias Wolff and Ann Beattie, titled "Contemporary American Fiction". Hornby's second book, "Fever Pitch", also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for Arsenal Football Club. As a result, Hornby received the William Hill Sports Book of the
Association football culture being TOOFIF. Some consider that British football's image of a nasty working-class pursuit was changed into something far more respectable after "Fever Pitch", a memoir by Nick Hornby about his life as an Arsenal fan, was published. The book also provided Hornby's big break. It was later adapted very loosely into a film. Numerous films have been made including "Bend It Like Beckham", and "The Football Factory", based on the book by John King, dealing with hooliganism and its relationship to socio-economic realities in England. In Germany, "The Miracle of Bern" (2003) revived the euphoria of the national team's victory