Bruce Kimmel:  

Life Anyone who went to school with me knows I was a big old ham, so it won't surprise anyone to know that I pursued a career in the show business - first as an actor, then as a writer/director in film and television. Then ten years ago, I was given a chance to take a little life detour, and I became a record producer (Broadway, and Broadway related albums) - in eight years I somehow, maniacally managed to produce 130 albums. I was then ready to be committed to an asylum, but instead wrote my first novel, Benjamin Kritzer, which came out in 2002 (buyable at amazon or anywhere online). Since it's about a young boy growing up in 1950s Los Angeles, and since a good deal of it takes place at Crescent Heights school and environs, anyone who lived in that area might just get a kick out of it. (a little update: Since writing this profile, the sequel to Benjamin Kritzer, Kritzerland, has just come out - it follows Benjamin from 10 to 13, and a good deal of it takes place at Louis Pasteur - I'm currently in the middle of the third and final volume which will follow him through high school - Hamilton, of course - geez, I haven't updated in a LONG time - the third book in the series, Kritzer Time, came out in 2004...Expand for more