Author: Brian D. Boyer
Alternate names: Brian David Boyer
Bio: <b><a href="http://www.boyerproductions.com/about/">Brian Boyer</a></b> is a Chicago-based documentarian and media consultant and former investigative reporter and novelist.  His awards for documentary work include three Best Production awards from the Chicago/Midwest Emmys and a shared Peabody for his work on late-1970s documentaries on the impact of Agent Orange. He served as chief speechwriter for Chicago mayor Harold Washington from 1983 to 1985.  The best-known of his books is <i>Cities Destroyed for Cash</i> (1973), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.  Boyer is an alumnus of Chicago's <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>.  (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Brian_Boyer">Shimer College Wiki</a>)