Alan Rifkin
Encyclopedia
Alan Rifkin is a former contributing editor of Details
magazine. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times Magazine
, Premiere
, L.A. Weekly, Buzz
and The Quarterly
. His first book, Signal Hill
, was a finalist for the 2004 Southern California Booksellers Award http://www.scbabooks.org/ in Fiction. He was also a finalist for the 2003 PEN Center USA Award in Journalism http://penusa.org/go. He lives with his wife and five children in Long Beach, California
.
, an unknown writer named Adam Rafkin is confused with Alan Rifkin in a key plot point.
Details (magazine)
Details is an American monthly men's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications, founded in 1982. Though primarily a magazine devoted to fashion and lifestyle, Details also features reports on relevant social and political issues.-History:...
magazine. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times Magazine
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Premiere
Premiere (magazine)
Premiere was an American and New York City-based film magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., published between the years 1987 and 2007. The original version of the magazine, Première , was started in France in 1976 and is still being published there.-History:The magazine originally...
, L.A. Weekly, Buzz
Buzz
-People:*Buzz Aldrin , American pilot and astronaut, second person to set foot on the Moon*George Beurling , Canadian World War II fighter pilot*Buzz Hargrove , National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union...
and The Quarterly
The Quarterly
Gordon Lish founded and edited the avant garde literary magazine, The Quarterly in 1987. The Quarterly showcased the work of contemporary authors.Volume 1 of The Quarterly was published in the Spring of 1987...
. His first book, Signal Hill
Signal Hill
-Places:in Canada * Signal Hill, Calgary, neighborhood and hill in Calgary, Alberta* Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi, provincial electoral district for the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Canada...
, was a finalist for the 2004 Southern California Booksellers Award http://www.scbabooks.org/ in Fiction. He was also a finalist for the 2003 PEN Center USA Award in Journalism http://penusa.org/go. He lives with his wife and five children in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
.
Trivia
In the TV series ActionAction (TV series)
Action is a comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon, who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure. It aired on FOX during the 1999-2000 season. The series was critically praised for its irreverent, and sometimes hostile look at Hollywood culture. Thirteen episodes...
, an unknown writer named Adam Rafkin is confused with Alan Rifkin in a key plot point.