Gene RitchingsGene Ritchings is an American novelist, journalist, and filmmaker. He was born at the Jersey Shore and was educated in public schools there. He began his journalism career at age 18 as a reporter and weekly columnist for The Ocean County Daily Observr and continued for several more years, writing for The Asbury Park Evening Press. He worked for 25 years in many different jobs in New York film production, on numerous feature films and for 10 seasons running the "Law & Order" production office. He was managing editor of The Hudson Reporter newspaper chain for over 10 years. He has produced and directed three performance films of theater dance choreographed by Anna Sokolow and played the part of a paranoid husband in the independent film "Home Defense." His novels include "Frankenrocker," "Winter in a Summer Town," and "The Reckoning of Adrienne Monet." Read More Read Less