Stillman, Larry 1942–

PERSONAL: Born September 8, 1942, in Milwaukee, WI; son of Edward I. (a certified public accountant) and Ruth (Gilman) Stillman; married; wife's name Loraine (an artist); children: Jamie Lewis, Jonathan. Education: University of Minnesota, B.A., 1964. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, photography, cooking, wine.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, University of Wisconsin Press, 1930 Monroe St., 3rd Floor, Madison, WI 53711-2059. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Advertising executive and writer. Formerly senior vice president and executive creative director of advertising agency in St. Louis, MO; former senior partner and executive creative director of advertising agency in Chicago, IL.

MEMBER: Authors Guild, Authors League of America.

WRITINGS:

A Match Made in Hell: The Jewish Boy and the Polish Outlaw Who Defied the Nazis (nonfiction), University of Wisconsin Press (Madison, WI), 2003.

WORK IN PROGRESS: The Rope Catcher, an historical novel.

SIDELIGHTS: Larry Stillman told CA: "Having spent thirty-plus years creating major national advertising campaigns, I decided it was time to write something more meaningful than beer and floor wax commercials. Having written and published my first book, a nonfiction memoir of Holocaust survivor Morris Goldner, I am pursuing the realm of historical novels."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, November 1, 2003, Hazel Rochman, review of A Match Made in Hell: The Jewish Boy and the Polish Outlaw Who Defied the Nazis, p. 477.

Publishers Weekly, August 18, 2003, review of A Match Made in Hell, p. 65.