Allen Salkin

Allen Salkin is an investigative reporter. He is the author
of the book Festivus - The Holiday for the Rest of Us.

Allen has written on subjects ranging from the last true
waterbed salesman in the San Francisco Bay Area to
corruption in the Brooklyn courts for The New York Times,
Details, Yoga Journal, Heeb, and other publications.

Allen has been a rubber ducky salesman in Las Vegas, a farm
laborer in Crete, a casting agent in Hong Kong, a busker in
Melbourne, a stand-up comedian in New York, a cafeteria
cashier in Squaw Valley, a slacker in San Francisco, and a
chocolate chip cookie maker in Waikiki.