F.X. Toole
publication date: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 (part of Summer 2022)
category: 
Literature
clue: He's not something that a Hollywood CGI artist would use, but a movie studio did adapt his stories about boxing into an Oscar-winning film.
explanation: Jerry Boyd, better known by his pen name F.X. Toole, wrote the book Rope Burns that was the basis for Million Dollar Baby. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Chris Lemler
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