Making Hollywood Magic – Secrets of Studio Work profiles many of the wizards who spend their lives bringing to life our beloved films and TV shows. In Vivien Kooper's new book, she finally gives some of the unsung heroes working "below-the-line" in film and TV production their voice. The author (a songwriter, and author of Tiny Tim and Mr. Plym: Life As We Knew It) is the daughter of veteran special effects technician, Larry Needham, who, among his unaccredited work on other shows, built sharks for Jaws 1, 2 and 4 and the Universal Studios Tours, and tangled with a twenty-eight foot boa constrictor on the set of The Wackiest Ship In The Army.

Meet over fifty-five artists and technicians, many award-winning and award-nominated, who make a living making Hollywood magic in mechanical special effects; set construction; set decoration and set dressing; props; and motion picture transportation.

T.D. Schwartz, CBS Radio, says "Four Stars (Highest Rating)-- An unusual look at the Tinseltown Dream Factory…pulls you in up to the very last page."

Crews from many shows spanning the past sixty years in Hollywood share revelations, insights and never-before-revealed secrets about their careers behind the scenes.

• How did a singer/dancer end up as a famous set decorator?
• How did one of Hollywood's busiest set builders get his big break while working in a paint store?
• Hear about the meteoric rise of the Carnivale special effects techs, after leaving the East Coast with empty pockets.

For more information, contact:

Wayne Orkin
Edee Rose Publishing
(888) 236-1849