Tom Kemper teaches at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, and the Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica. His books include Hidden Talent: The Emergence of Hollywood Agents (2010).
"""The Monkees gets into the vast machinery that goes on behind the scenes of producing perfect pop - still relevant today even if the names and corporations have changed - and does it with a lot of fun.""--Chris Shiflett, Foo Fighters ""A knowledgeable and incisive portrait of the popular music industry.""--Paul Hirsch, Northwestern University ""I spent the entire summer of 1987 on the road opening up for The Monkees, and I didn't learn 1% as much about them as I learned from this thorough and remarkable book by Tom Kemper.""--""Weird Al"" Yankovic ""Kemper's book clarifies so much that is misunderstood in the Monkees story.""--Susanna Hoffs"