Jerry Buck is a former columnist for The Associated Press and the author of the novels "Wheeler's Choice," "A Blood Red Rose," and the upcoming "Pearl on Fire."

In New York, Jerry covered the birth of cable television, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the video cassette, the television movie, and Sesame Street -- as well as the growth of political reporting, the end of cigarette advertising, and the constant death and phoenix rebirth of drama, comedy, game shows, and reality television.

In Los Angeles, he covered virtually every star, show, writer, director, and producer -- as well as their feuds, scandals, and achievements, which figured in his television coverage.

Jerry and his wife, Carol, have five children and live in southern California.