MATHEW KLICKSTEIN grew up in Lake Forest, CA -- though thanks to universal preconceptions of Southern Orange County engendered by misguided TV shows/films about one certain area of his homeland, he normally tells people that he's simply from "nearby San Diego."After receiving his BFA from the undergraduate screenwriting program at the University of Southern California (USC), Mathew immediately took on a role as co-creator, producer and head writer on a weekly travelogue for the short-lived National Lampoon Network. The show, Collegetown USA, is hardly remembered, and with good reason.Bouncing around in the realm of film/TV production for a few years, while building his budding portfolio as a writer and journalist, Mathew ended up falling into the (un)enviable position of being the Editor-in-Chief of Entertainment Today, Southern California's oldest free-weekly publication (est. 1967). That was a blast until it wasn't, and then Mathew fled for work elsewhere: ghost-writing, freelancing and eventually penning the script for a film he thought would be a kind of "extended Twilight Zone" ... but that Sony instead decided to turn into Steven Seagal's one and only horror film, Against the Dark. Whoops.Such experiences, along with the (coincidentally?) concurrent Economic Collapse and WGA Strike of 2008 led Mathew to abandon the burning sewage plant known as LA for Hipsterville, USA (aka Portland). Subsequent stints to NYC and Boulder, CO followed, with Mathew somehow both making a living for himself AND remaining as prolific as ever in the realms of short films, music videos, documentaries, short stories, girlie poetry, erotica, reportage and novels published by companies so small you've never heard of them or of Mathew's books ...... That is until quite recently when he finally got a real agent, a real book deal, and -- most importantly -- a real book to sell. Now you maybe actually kinda know who he is because he wrote the book about Nickelodeon. Although, let's be honest, "wrote" is a strong euphemism for an oral history, no? I suppose he was more of a "curator" or "editor" than a writer. Which is why he's so damned pleased that his next book, which deals with the changing nature of modern misfit culture, WILL actually be "written" by him ... and will also be released (likely mid-2016) by Hudson Street Press, an imprint of Penguin. And if you LIKE what you read, also check out Mathew's other lesser-known books such as: Rag Doll (not for children but his best work to date), My Dog Forgot How to Read (talking eBook for children, no joke), Daisy Goes to the Moon (for children if your children are weird, but probably more for you), Back to Hollywood (if you can find it) and This Book is Called Counter (which you almost assuredly won't be able to find). Also look out for some of Mathew's short videos, stories and the like scattered about the Internet and library archives. Enjoy. America.