Marc Zappulla is an American author from the Boston suburb of Medford, Massachusetts. He has worked for professional sports figures such as Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Gerry Cheevers, and former MLB strength and conditioning coach Brian McNamee.

He was inspired to write his first novel The Last Longshoreman by his father’s thirty-year career as a longshoreman. Zappulla currently lives in Boston and is busy working on his next book.