User:Jeremytarcher

Jeremy Benjamin Philip Tarcher, born NYC, Jan 2, 1932, grew up on the upper west side of Manhattan. He attended Ethical Culture School, Horace Mann School for Boys, and St John's College, Annapolis, to whom he owes eternal thanks. A veteran of the Korean War (he served in France), Tarcher is the son of Mary Tarcher (Lawyer) and Jack Tarcher( Ad-Man). He has two sisters, Mimi Tarcher, and Novelist, Judith Krantz.

Married to beloved entertainer, Shari Lewis (Lamb-Chop) he has one child, Mallory Lewis, entertainer and novelist. He also has one grand-child, James Tarcher Hood.

After a number of years working in television for Dumont Channel 5 in NYC, Tarcher founded Jeremy Tarcher Inc/Publishing, and developed book packages with television stars including Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Buddy Hackett, Phillis Diller and Tiny Tim, etc. In 1965 Tarcher's packaging company had two of the top ten bestsellers on the NY Times list.

In 1967 Tarcher and family moved to Los Angeles where he developed guide books for Southern California and founded the West Coast Theatrical Directory with the Los Angeles Times, and published books other books as well.

His growing interest in spirituality led him to develop a line of books for which he became renown as the god-father of New Age Publishing, specifically the Aquarian Conspiracy which was held as the New Age Bible, and Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, which has become the leading art-text in the Western World.

Tarcher sold his company in 1980 to Houghton Mifflin and bought it back three years later, only to sell it again to Universal Studio's (Putnam Books) in 1990. Currently Tarcher's publishing venture is owned by the Pearson Group which has an imprint, Tarcher-Penguin.

Tarcher lives in Los Angeles.