Born and bred in Brooklyn, New York, Howard Kaminsky attended Brooklyn College, San Francisco State University, and the University of California at Berkeley. The author of seven books, he previously was president and publisher of Warner Books, Random House, and William Morrow/Avon, and he served on the Board of Directors of American Publishers Association and the National Book Foundation. His screenplays include 1972’s Homebodies. He co-produced the film My Dog Tulip and he is currently producing a documentary, The Two Popes, about the man who created the National Enquirer and his father. Today he splits his time between New York City and Connecticut, where he is at work on his new novel, The Perfection Project.