Along the Cherry Lane: Tales from the Life of Music Industry Legend Milton Okun

Author Bio: Richard Sparks

Born in England, Richard Sparks started out as a writer of stage plays, comedy revues, and TV, for such shows as Not the Nine o’clock News. Rowan Atkinson performed his Schoolmaster sketch in John Cleese’s The Secret Policeman’s Ball. UK TV credits include The Famous Five, The Flying Kiwi, The Optimist, The Worst of Hollywood, and a lot of script editing. On being hired by Columbia Pictures TV, Richard moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1992. His lyrics have been recorded by talents as diverse as Dom de Luise, Eric Idle, Vanessa Williams, Plácido Domingo, and Hello Kitty. He has written libretti for several operas for the Los Angeles Opera, Dallas Opera, and the Washington Symphony, both originals and translations of classics. He directed Jack Black in Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale (LACMA). New Rock New Rules, the sequel to New Rock New Role (#1) and New Rock New Realm (#2), is the third of four books that Richard has written so far in the New Rock fantasy adventure series.