Les Bohem is an Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, producer, novelist, and musician. He began his career in the Los Angeles music scene of the early 1980s as a member of Gleaming Spires—whose song "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?" became a cult classic after its appearance in Revenge of the Nerds—and as bassist for the influential band Sparks. His screenwriting credits include Twenty Bucks, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, The Horror Show, Daylight, and Dante's Peak. He created and executive produced the acclaimed Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries Taken, earning an Emmy Award as well as Television Critics Association and Saturn Awards, with additional Golden Globe and Writers Guild nominations. Bohem is also the author of the Audible Originals Junk and Jive. The Beauty Way is his latest novel.