*Generations in the timber industry. Grandfather (L), and dad (R). Location: Oregon Coast Range.*

B.R. attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, CA, where his love of history and literature was nurtured and encouraged by an extraordinary group of teachers. He went to UCLA as an undergraduate and graduate student and taught history for several years before going to work in film and television. He did series development for two Hollywood studios, and was a script-doctor for a host of Los Angeles-based film and TV writers before returning to his native Oregon, where he purchased a 19th century farmhouse at the literal ‘end’ of a graveled country road.

There, surrounded by thousands of acres of old-growth forest 20 miles from the nearest small town, B.R. began the next phase of his writing career. Over the next two decades he built a reputation as one of the leading ghostwriters in the nation, producing articles and books for more than a dozen Fortune 100 CEOs, as well as national political figures, university presidents, entertainment figures, jurists, and retired senior military officers.

B.R. with Dr. Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense & Director of the CIA. Rumor has it their smiles were a response to a question about how much (really good) wine they enjoyed the previous evening.

B.R. has ghost-authored 26 published books, including several national bestsellers, with over 1.5 million copies sold. In addition, he has authored more than a hundred articles and opinion pieces for clients that have appeared in national and international publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, MONEY, Newsweek, Forbes, The Economist, The Financial Times, and dozens of other publications.

In recent years B.R. has moved from ghost-writing to producing his own works. He published the novel Martin’s Way, the family Christmas book, Jonathan Marvel’s Christmas Pockets, and 7 Prologues, a compilation of introductory pieces he did for books about some of his ghostwriting subjects. His newest release is Passage to Moorea, the second book in the Thomas Scoundrel historical fiction series.

B.R. lives in the Willamette Valley, where he writes in a converted barn in the pasture behind his home, just minutes from some of the finest pinot noir vineyards in the world.