Rick Krizman

Rick was raised in Kansas but eventually migrated to Venice, CA, where for forty years, he wrote songs and composed music for film and television, earning three Emmy awards along the way. He now holds an MFA in fiction from Pacific University and writes short stories, satirical essays, and poems. He hosts and produces the ACME Writing Academy podcast, a semi-regular and irreverent writerly gabfest.

Rick has two grown daughters and lives with his wife and other animals in Santa Monica. He enjoys playing keyboards and barbecuing the toughest parts of the pig, but mostly would rather be fishing.