Marc Hartzman has long held a fascination with the bizarre tales and characters that occupy history. Many of them fill the pages of his books, specifically The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir (Curious Publications), American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers (Tarcher/Penguin) and God Made Me Do It: True Stories of the Worst Advice the Lord Has Ever Given His Followers (Sourcebooks). He is also the author of Found on eBay: 101 Genuinely Bizarre Items From the World's Online Yard Sale (Universe/Rizzoli) and The Anti-Social Network Journal: A Private Place For All the Thoughts, Ideas and Plans You Don't Want To Share (Knock Knock). In addition, Hartzman has been a contributor to the Weird News sections of AOL and The Huffington Post. He maintains a career as an award-winning Executive Creative Director at a New York advertising agency. He currently lives in New Rochelle, New York, with his wife, Liz, daughters Lela and Scarlett, cats Barnum and Bailey, and Patrick the bearded dragon.
