Eric Drachman is a freelance radio producer and children's book author/publisher living in Los Angeles, CA. He founded Kidwick Books where he has written, published and produced picture books with audio for the younger set (3-7). These days, even more, he's been producing radio pieces for grown-ups and always aims to strike a good balance between serious and silly. He volunteers and works for several KCRW projects and considers KCRW his radio home.
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