Rick Frishman,
the founder of Planned
Television Arts, has been one of the leading book publicists
in America for over 30 years.
Rick continues to work with many of the top book
editors, literary agents and publishers in America, including Simon
and Schuster, Random House, Wiley, Harper Collins, Pocket Books,
Penguin Putnam, and Hyperion Books. Some of the best-selling authors
he has worked with include: Mitch Albom, Bill Moyers, Stephen King,
Caroline Kennedy, Howard Stern, President Jimmy Carter, Mark Victor
Hansen, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Hugh Downs, Henry Kissinger,
Jack Canfield, Alan Deshowitz, Arnold Palmer, and Harvey Mackay.
Prior to PTA, Rick worked as a producer of the
"Barry Farber Show" at WOR-AM in New York City.
Rick has appeared on hundreds of radio shows and
more than a dozen TV shows nationwide. He has appeared as a guest
on OPRAH and on Bloomberg
TV numerous times. He has also been featured in the New
York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Selling Power
Magazine, New York Post and scores of publications.
He is the co-author of eight books, including
national best-sellers GUERRILLA PUBLICITY and NETWORKING MAGIC.
He recently launched the popular four-book series, AUTHOR 101.
Rick's new book, WHERE'S YOUR WOW? (with co-author
Robyn Spizman) will be released by McGraw Hill in March 2008.
He is the co-host (with attorney Richard Solomon)
of the radio show Taking Care of Business,
which airs every Thursday from 2:00-3:00 pm on WCWP-Radio
in Long Island New York (www.tcbradio.com).
Rick has a B.F.A. in acting and directing and
a B.S. from Ithaca College School of Communications.
He is a sought after lecturer on publishing and
public relations and is a member of PRSA and the National Speakers
Association.
Rick and his wife Robbi live in Long Island with
their three children, Adam, Rachel and Stephanie, and a cockapoo
named Rusty.