Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Josh Kilmer-Purcell at the 2011 Texas Book Festival.
Born	Joshua Gordon Kilmer (1969-08-28) August 28, 1969 (age 42) Albany, New York
Occupation	Writer, Television Personality, Businessperson
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Period	2006-present
Notable work(s)	I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir Candy Everybody Wants The Bucolic Plague
Partner(s)	Brent Ridge

Josh Kilmer-Purcell (born August 28, 1969) is an American writer, television personality, and businessperson. He is best known for appearing in the television reality show "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" with his partner, Brent Ridge, and for his bestselling memoirs.

Television[link]

In 2010, Discovery Network's Planet Green channel debuted a reality television series about Kilmer-Purcell and his partner, Dr. Brent Ridge, titled The Fabulous Beekman Boys. The series documents their relationship and lives as farmers in upstate New York as they build a green lifestyle company together.^[1] The President and General Manager of Planet Green declared it the "No. 1 original series" on the network.^[2]

On March 10, 2010, Bravo television network announced a development deal with Darren Star to produce I Am Not Myself These Days as a scripted television series based on Kilmer-Purcell's bestselling memoir of the same name.^[3]

Writer[link]

Kilmer-Purcell has written or co-written four bestselling books, including two memoirs, a novel, and a cookbook.

I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir, Harper Perennial, 2006, Memoir. Kilmer-Purcell's first memoir is a tragicomic account of his early days in New York City, living as an advertising art director by day and a drag queen named "Aquadisiac" (or "Aqua") by night. The memoir details his relationship with a crack-addicted male escort named "Jack", and was a New York Times bestseller in the spring of 2006.

Candy Everybody Wants, Harper Perennial, 2008, Novel.

The Bucolic Plague, HarperCollins, 2010, Memoir. Kilmer-Purcell's second memoir recounts his purchase of a historic mansion and goat farm in Sharon Springs, New York, and quickly became a national bestseller.

The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook, Sterling Publishing, 2011, Cookbook. Co-authored with Brent Ridge, and Sandy Gluck.

Starting in 2006 Kilmer-Purcell began writing a monthly column about urban gay life for Out magazine. He has contributed to national media outlets including The Advocate and National Public Radio.

Biography[link]

Kilmer-Purcell (born "Joshua Gordon Kilmer") was born in Albany, New York, and was raised in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. He attended high school in Mansfield, Massachusetts and attended Michigan State University, where he studied creative writing with the poet Diane Wakoski. He received a BA in English Literature in 1991. He added his stepfather's surname "Purcell" in 1990. He met partner Dr. Brent Ridge in New York City in 2000.

Kilmer-Purcell has worked at several Manhattan advertising agencies, including Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, Merkley Newman Harty, TBWA\Chiat Day, SS+K, & JWT. It is widely believed that the events in I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir took place while he was working at Merkley Newman Harty.

As his drag queen alter ego "Aqua" (short for "Aquadisiac"), Kilmer-Purcell performed at nightclubs in New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Tokyo. Aqua was best known for her use of live goldfish in the breasts of her costumes. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a letter of protest to Kilmer-Purcell condemning the use of live animals in his shows.^[4]

In 2008 Kilmer-Purcell and his partner launched Beekman 1802, a green lifestyle company inspired by their farm in Sharon Springs, New York.

Personal[link]

Kilmer-Purcell is openly gay, and his partner, Dr. Brent Ridge, a physician at Mount Sinai Hospital who was the vice president of healthy living at Martha Stewart Omnimedia, have been together since 2000. Their engagement was announced in December 2011.^[5]

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

• 2010-2011: The Fabulous Beekman Boys as Himself
• 2011: NewNowNext Awards as Himself
• 2011: Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood as Himself

Film[link]

• 2011: Making the Boys as Himself

Bibliography[link]

Books[link]

• The Bucolic Plague. Harper. 2010. 
• Candy Everybody Wants. Harper Perennial. 2008. 
• I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir. Harper Perennial. 2006. 

Anthology[link]

• Michael Taeckens, ed. (2009). Love Is a Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Breakups, Bad Relationships, and Broken Hearts. Plume. 
• Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, ed. (2008). Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. Harper. 
• Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel, ed. (2007). First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far). Arsenal Pulp Press. 

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Josh Kilmer-Purcell

• Kilmer-Purcell essay on National Public Radio
• Website of Kilmer-Purcell and Ridge's farm and soap business
• "I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir" Website
• Josh Kilmer-Purcell live radio interview on BSR
• Interview with Kilmer-Purcell in the State News of Michigan State University
• Interview with Kilmer-Purcell on afterelton.com
• Interview with Kilmer-Purcell in Philadelphia Weekly
• Kilmer-Purcell's biography at HarperCollins
• Interview with Kilmer-Purcell on chicagopride.com
• Interview with Kilmer-Purcell on litpark.com
• Interview with Kilmer-Purcell on Feast of Fools Podcast
• Website of The Memoirists Collective
• Interview with Kilmer-Purcell on HarperCollins website

Frank DeCaro (born November 6, 1962) is an American writer, performer and talk radio host.

The New York-born DeCaro is the author of The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: A Resurrection of Recipes From More Than 145 Stars of Stage and Screen (HCI Books, 2011), Unmistakably Mackie: The Fashion and Fantasy of Bob Mackie (Universe, 1999), and A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoir (Viking 1996).

DeCaro grew up in Little Falls, New Jersey, and graduated in 1980 from Passaic Valley Regional High School in Little Falls.^[1]

A 1984 graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, in the 1980s, DeCaro was a media critic writer for the Detroit Free Press and later the Detroit News.

He came into the public eye as a featured recurring player on The Daily Show, doing movie reviews, with his characteristically flamboyant gay style, from 1996 to 2003. During those years, he co-wrote and hosted five Oscar preview specials for Comedy Central. He was a panelist on a short-lived remake of the classic TV game show I've Got a Secret, on GSN.^{[citation needed]}

A journalist whose column on classic television appears in CBS's Watch! magazine, DeCaro has written for the New York Times Arts & Leisure, Home and Styles sections. For several years, he wrote the funny-but-chic "Style Over Substance" column for that paper. His writing has appeared in myriad publications including The New York Times Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Vogue and Martha Stewart Living.

Since 2004, he has been the host of a live daily radio show with producer/co-host Doria Biddle for SIRIUS XM OutQ 108. He also is a frequent guest on The Jason Ellis Show on Sirius Faction. His many TV appearances include NBC's Dateline, CNN's Showbiz Tonight and various programs for the Logo and Here! networks.

DeCaro did a cameo role for the 2012 feature film BearCity 2.

DeCaro has been a lifelong gay rights activist and splits his time between Manhattan and Little Falls, New Jersey, with his husband, James (Jim) Colucci, whom he married during the August 16, 2011, live broadcast of his Sirius radio show.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Frank DeCaro's official website
• "A `Crime Story`, The Pompadours And Teased Hair Say It All: The `60s Time Slot Is Worth Remembering, 'October 29, 1986, by Frank DeCaro, Detroit Free Press
• Frank DeCaro at the Internet Movie Database
• Bear City 2 Trailer with cameo

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Brent Ridge
Brent Ridge at the 2011 Texas Book Festival.
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Physician Businessperson Farmer
Known for	The Fabulous Beekman Boys
Partner	Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Brent Ridge is an American physician, business owner and reality television participant. He was formerly the Vice President of Healthy Living for Martha Stewart Omnimedia.

Together with his partner Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Ridge bought in 2007 a 19th Century farm, Beekman Mansion, located in Sharon Springs, New York. The couple launched a business, Beekman 1802, selling products derived from produce raised on the farm.^[1]

In 2010 Ridge and Kilmer-Purcell became the stars of The Fabulous Beekman Boys, a reality television series on Planet Green that follows their lives as they work to develop the Beekman brand to the point where they can live at the farm full time.^[2]

References[link]

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