Author: John Blumenthal

John Blumenthal is the author of the novel, "Three and a Half Virgins," which was a finalist for the International Book Awards, Literary Fiction. A former Esquire magazine staffer and Playboy magazine editor and columnist, he is the author of "The Official Hollywood Handbook", "The Tinseltown Murders", "The Case of the Hardboiled Dicks", "Hollywood High: The History of America's Most Famous Public School", and the comic novels "What's Wrong with Dorfman?," and "Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour", (both BookSense76 Picks). His work has appeared in such publications as "National Lampoon," "TV Guide", "Punch", "Playboy", "Oui", "Today's Health", "The Los Angeles Times", "The Christian Science Monitor", "salon.com, "shorthumour.com", "dailykos.com" "Huffington Post" and "Publishers Weekly". He has also written for television and is the co-author of the movies "Blue Streak" and "Short Time".