Gary Karasik, a 1970s graduate of San Francisco State’s Creative Writing program, has written features and columns for magazines and periodicals including the Tampa Tribune, Tallahassee Democrat, Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times. While submitting freelance articles, he has also worked as a professional diver, magazine editor, and computer technician. In the early 2000s he started myITguy, a Los Angeles-based company that provided computer1support services exclusively for California-based non-profits. Now retired, he writes about progressive issues.
