Gerry Mandel

The Audition Piece - 2008

Gerry Mandel is a freelance writer and documentary producer, focusing his writing on short stories, commentaries and plays. He recently completed his first novel, “Shadow and Substance: My Time with Charlie Chaplin.” He hosted a monthly cable television show for three years, for which he wrote a series of humorous commentaries. As a writer, producer and Creative Director for national ad agencies for many years, he received national and international awards.

Gerry has attended the University of Iowa Summer Writing Workshops and the Washington University Writers Institute for fiction with novelist John Dalton. His stories have been accepted for publication by the Palo Alto Review, Untamed Ink, and Twisted Tales, and received two national awards. His photographs have been published in Boulevard and Big Muddy. He taught writing at Webster University in St. Louis, and is a member of the St. Louis Writers Guild. Gerry lives in Kirkwood with his wife Mary Lee and two golden retrievers.