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Signed copy of “Old Earth,” a high-octane "geological thriller" that digs into the history of the Earth to find the secrets people are willing to kill to keep concealed. Emerson College alumnus and Trustee, and Emmy Award-winning network television producer Gary Grossman is the author of OLD EARTH as well as three bestselling political thrillers EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, EXECUTIVE TREASON and his latest sequel, EXECUTIVE COMMAND (Diversion Books, NYC).  He has also authored two acclaimed non-fiction books covering pop culture and television history - SUPERMAN: SERIAL TO CEREAL and SATURDAY MORNING TV.

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Gary Grossman is an Emmy Award-winning network television producer, a print and television journalist, a novelist and a film and TV historian. His career has included stints producing for NBC News, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS and 36 cable networks.

Grossman has produced more than 10,000 series episodes and specials and earned numerous awards including the prestigious Governor's Emmy Award for their USA Network special, "Healing the Hate," and an Emmy for Best Informational series with the production of "Wolfgang Puck" for Food Network. Their documentary "Beyond the Da Vinci Code" (History Channel) earned two national Emmy nominations. In all, Grossman has received 14 Emmy nominations.

Grossman earned a Bachelors Degree in Communications from Emerson College in Boston and a Master's Degree in Urban Affairs from Boston University.

He began his broadcasting career as a rock disc jockey at WHUC, in Hudson, New York. He worked at Boston television station, WBZ; joined The Boston Globe as a special contributor, and then became the television critic and media columnist at The Boston Herald American. His freelance articles have appeared in The New York Times and numerous magazines. He taught journalism and media at Emerson College, Boston University, USC and now Loyola Marymount University's Graduate School of Film and Television.

Grossman helped formulate, program and launch television cable networks including HGTV, Fit TV, National Geographic Channel, and The Africa Channel.

Grossman serves on the Emerson College Board of Trustees and chairs the Academic Affairs Committee. He is also a member of the Boston University Metropolitan College Advisory Board. For four years he was chair of the Government Affairs Committee for the Caucus for Television Producers, Directors & Writers, a Hollywood-based media activist group. He is member of The International Thriller Writers Association.