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 Post
1966-1971 theater and film writer for the Oakland Tribune
1972–1979 columnist, syndicated by the New York Daily News
1979-1993 entertainment and theater writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.
?-present panelist, Minds Over Matter, KALW
ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, for columns on Broadway lyricists
New York Newspaper Guild Page One Award, for humor writing
Humor
Playing House (Doubleday)
Humor Anthologies
Out on a Whim (Doubleday)
The Fragile Bachelor (Ten Speed Press)
Nonfiction
Raised on Radio, (Pantheon) 1998
Seriously Funny, (Pantheon) 2003
Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!, (University of California Press) 2009
Quirks (1979)
Aftershocks (1993)
New Wrinkles (2002)
