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Bruce Jay Friedman (born April 26, 1930) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. Raised in the Bronx by Irving and Molly (Liebowitz) Friedman, Bruce attended the University of Missouri as a journalism major then served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953. In 1954, he married the model Ginger Howard, who is now an acting coach and writer. In the same year, Friedman worked for many of the era's famous men's magazines through Magazine Management Company. Friedman ended up as an executive editor in charge of the magazines Men (not the present magazine of the same title), Male , and Man's World . In 1962, Friedman published Stern, the first of his eight novels. Friedman is the father of the writer and musician Josh Alan Friedman, the cartoonist Drew Friedman, Kipp Friedman, and Molly Friedman. Friedman currently resides in New York City; he has divorced Ginger Friedman and is now married to the educator Patricia J. O'Donohue, the mother of Molly K. Friedman.
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