About the Author

Lynnette Porter, Ph.D., is a professor in the Humanities and Communication Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. This is her fifteenth book. Among the others are books about television series, including Sherlock, Doctor Who, and LOST, as well as films, including The Lord of the Rings. In addition, she has written numerous chapters about The Hobbit, Torchwood, Heroes, Quantum Leap, and Internet fandom, for example, as chapters within other authors’ books. She is a contributing editor, often writing about television or film, for online magazine PopMatters and an associate editor for the journal Studies in Popular Culture. She is a frequent speaker at academic conferences and fan conventions, talking about television, film, popular culture, or celebrity studies. In 2013, MX Publishing released the performance biography, Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition. The 2014 follow-up, Benedict Cumberbatch, Transition Completed, can be read as a stand-alone book or companion work.