Jack Salem

His first novel, "Heirs to the Pushcart Fortune," was published in 2007. Jack Salem, a New York native, moved to California as a teenager, received his bachelor's degree from UCLA, studied marketing and advertising at USC and Columbia Universities, and later spent a glorious summer studying Philosophy at Oxford Univ. When his children were 9 and 10, he spent his life savings on a year-long grand tour of Europe.

His first novel, "Heirs to the Pushcart Fortune," was published in 2007. Jack Salem, a New York native, moved to California as a teenager, received his bachelor's degree from UCLA, studied marketing and advertising at USC and Columbia Universities, and later spent a glorious summer studying Philosophy at Oxford Univ. When his children were 9 and 10, he spent his life savings on a year-long grand tour of Europe. See less