John Fricke is the leading historian/authority on the career and life of Judy Garland. He is an Emmy Award-winning producer ("Judy: Beyond the Rainbow," 1997) and best-selling author of The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History (Warner, 1998) and, most recently, 100 Years of Oz (Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1999). Mr. Fricke lives in New York City.