B.R. attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, CA. He went to UCLA as an undergraduate and graduate student and taught history for several years before going to work in film and television. He did series development for two Hollywood studios, and was a script-doctor for a host of Los Angeles-based film and TV writers before returning to his native Oregon, where he purchased a 19th century farmhouse at the literal 'end' of a graveled country road. It was there, surrounded by thousands of acres of old-growth forest 20 miles from the nearest small town, that B.R. began the next phase of his writing career.He developed a reputation as one of the leading ghostwriters in the nation, and over a two-decade period he wrote for more than a dozen Fortune 100 CEOs and a number of national political figures, university presidents, entertainment figures, jurists, and retired senior military officers. In all, B.R. has ghost-authored 24 published books, including several national bestsellers. In addition, he has authored more than a hundred articles and opinion pieces for clients that have appeared in national and international publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, MONEY, Newsweek, Forbes, The Economist, The Financial Times, and dozens of other publications.In 2019, B.R. began the move from ghost-writing to producing his own works. He published the novel Martin's Way, the family Christmas book, Jonathan Marvel's Christmas Pockets, and 7 Prologues, a compilation of introductory pieces he did for books about some of his subjects. B.R. lives in the Willamette Valley, where he writes in a converted barn in the pasture behind his home, just minutes from some of the finest pinot noir vineyards in the world.
