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Rick Wartzmanis executive director of the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University. By advancing the teachings of the late Peter F. Drucker, the Institute seeks to stimulate effective management and ethical leadership across all sectors of society. Wartzman is also a columnist forBusinessWeekonline. His most recent book,Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, was picked as a Borders "Original Voices" selection and named by theLos Angeles Timesas one of its 25 favorite nonfiction books of the year. It was also a finalist for theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize in history. Wartzman is the co-author, with Mark Arax, of the bestsellerThe King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire, which was selected as one of the 10 best books of 2003 by theSan Francisco Chronicleand one of the 10 best nonfiction books of the year by theLos Angeles Times.It also won, among other honors, a California Book Award and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.