Bio
BRETT BERK, M.S., Ed., worked as a classroom teacher and a preschool director, and now acts as a research consultant to some of the world’s biggest producers of kids’ media, toys, and consumer products. His writing on children, parenting, and child development has appeared regularly in Babble, Cookie, Momlogic, Time Out New York Kids, Shine, and The Chicago Tribune. He’s also a fiction writing Instructor at The New School whose short stories have appeared in journals including Tin House, FICTION, and The Mississippi Review, and is the author of The Gay Uncle’s Guide to Parenting (Crown/Random House 2008). Brett is also regular contributor to Vanity Fair where he writes about cars, politics, and popular culture, (particularly, the hit show Glee.) His automotive writing has also appeared in The L.A. Times, Esquire, Car and Driver, Jalopnik, and GQ.com. He and his boyfriend of twenty years divide their time between New York City and a house in upstate New York.