Alan Rifkin

Alan Rifkin is a former contributing editor of Details magazine. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Premiere, L.A. Weekly, Buzz and The Quarterly. His first book, Signal Hill, was a finalist for the 2004 Southern California Booksellers Award [1] in Fiction. He was also a finalist for the 2003 PEN Center USA Award in Journalism [2]. He lives with three children in Long Beach, California.
There are other Alan Rifkins. On the East Coast, Alan Rifkin owns FAR Laboratories, makers of astronomical observatories and instruments, including the Helio-Pod and Lyra DDMS.
Links http://www.farlaboratories.com http://rifkin.com

Trivia

In the TV series Action, an unknown writer named Adam Rafkin is confused with Alan Rifkin in a key plot point.