Works by
Rick Karlin
(Writer)

Fiction

• Show Biz Kids: Growing Up in Hollywoods Golden Age (2006) -- Nominated 2006 Lambda Literary Gay Men's Debut Fiction Awards
  Growing up the child of a Hollywood star isn’t easy. Show Biz Kids follows the lives of six children growing up in Hollywood’s “Golden Age.” Set against the backdrop of actual historic events, the story of the lives of these fictional characters, trying to step out of the shadow of their famous parents, is a fun and campy read. Pricilla Best is the daughter of the beloved musical film star Rosie Campbell and fey film director Eddie Best. Will she succeed in show business or succumb to the lethal mixture of booze and pills that doomed her mother? Her childhood best friend, Angelina Ferrara, daughter of the puppeteer Angelo Ferrara and his Swedish sex bomb wife, Ingrid, becomes one of the world’s top models, yet struggles with anorexia and self loathing. Twins Jonny and Jenny Mason, children of the film giant Justin Mason, battle their own demons after their mother commits suicide. Richie Kaye and Francie Lewis, the offspring of the music and comedy team of Sonny Lewis and Frankie Kaye, share a secret that might destroy their families. This page turner is a parody/homage of such trashy behind the scenes classics as Valley of the Dolls and Hollywood Wives.

Plays (Dates?)

• Spin Cycle

• As Time Goes By

• Greece!

• Scrapbook

• Women at Large

• Full of Beenes

• Seuss on the Loose

Serialized Fiction

• Tales of the Second City (1982-1995)
  Serialized in Gay Chicago Magazine

• Death on the Rocks (1982-1995)
  Serialized in Gay Chicago Magazine)

See also:

• Chicago Hall of Fame

• Hell In a Handbag Productions