About this item
This compact (256 pages) guide is written by a long-time resident of "Sin City", a much-respected journalist with a trained eye for top values and remarkable bargains, comfortable hotels and delightful meals, both on and off "The Strip". He wittily describes the gambling hereabouts, but also the options for visitors with less interest in gambling: the theaters, museums, stores and attractions, the out-of-town visits, and the nearby natural wonders.
About the Author
Rick Garman grew up in Iowa and although he appreciated his solid Midwestern upbringing, he moved to Los Angeles as soon as he was old enough to be sure that his parents couldn't send a sheriff to bring him back. He studied theater at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but soon realized that acting was not his passion. Writing was.
He made his writing debut with a stage production "17 Days," which was produced at The Colony Theater in Los Angeles and played in in small theaters around the country. The work received strong critical praise and several DramaLogue Awards.
A few years later, his second play "Mountains" debuted at The Colony. It went on to win the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Los Angeles Theater Production.
He transitioned into travel writing, authoring more than a dozen guide books about Las Vegas about Las Vegas including Frommer's, Las Vegas for Dummies, and Moon Handbooks.
Rick has published two novels including "Interitas Volume 1: The Beginning of Sorrows," the first book in a proposed seven book YA series, and "Jake Davenport PI: The Case of the Missing Cha Cha Heel," a comedic mystery.
For television, he has written or co-written four films for PixL including:
* Late Bloomer starring Italia Ricci (Chasing Life, Designated Survivor) and Nathan Parsons (True Blood) , 2016
* Same Time Next Week starring Jewel Staite (Firefly) and Travis Milne (Rookie Blue) , 2016
* Bad Date Chronicles starring Merrit Patterson (Royals, Ravenswood) and Justin Kelly (Degrassi: The Next Generation) , 2017
* Once Upon a Date starring Katrina Bowden (30 Rock) and Dean Geyer (Glee) , 2017
He is working on two more television movies for Hallmark and Lifetime and the second novel in the Interitas series entitled "False Prophets," all of which should debut in 2017.
Rick enjoys taking road trips to see colorful bits of Americana and counts Savannah, Georgia as his favorite city in the world. In his spare time you'll probably find him on the couch binge-watching TV.
