Gerald Weil Nachman, born January 13, 1938, is a San Francisco journalist and author.
Merritt College, A.A., 1958.Journalism, San Jose State University, B.A., 1960.1963 TV writer for the San Jose Mercury News.1963-1966 feature writer for the New York Post1966-1971 theater and film writer for the Oakland Tribune1972–1979 columnist, syndicated by the New York Daily News1979-1993 entertainment and theater writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.?-present panelist, Minds Over Matter, KALWASCAP Deems Taylor Award, for columns on Broadway lyricistsNew York Newspaper Guild Page One Award, for humor writingHumor
Playing House (Doubleday)Humor Anthologies
Out on a Whim (Doubleday)The Fragile Bachelor (Ten Speed Press)Nonfiction
Raised on Radio, (Pantheon) 1998Seriously Funny, (Pantheon) 2003Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!, (University of California Press) 2009Quirks (1979)Aftershocks (1993)New Wrinkles (2002) 
