Burt Kearns is an author, journalist, and "show business and pop culture savant" (Vanity Fair). His books include Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy and The Show Won't Go On. Kearns has broken major stories as a television and print journalist. He is perhaps best known as an Emmy-winning television and motion picture producer, director, and writer. He has written and produced dozens of nonfiction television series (Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura and Kardashian: The Man Who Saved OJ Simpson), the nonfiction comedy film High There, and documentaries (Death of a Beatle and Bin Laden's Escape).