Sam Moore is a culture writer in the UK who has written about film, music, and TV for the likes of the BBC, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Independent, GQ, NME, Radio Times, and Evening Standard. He has written oral histories of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," "Luther," "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels," and "Crooklyn," and has interviewed a wide variety of stars including Michelle Yeoh, Ron Perlman, Stephen Graham, Steve McQueen, Stevie Van Zandt, Charlie Hunnam, and Julianne Moore – plus many, many more.