Klein, Mel

Mel Klein studied writing at Brooklyn College and graduated during the Tet Offensive, the turning point in the Viet Nam War. Whatever career plans he had yielded to reality; after receiving his draft notice, he enlisted in the Air Force, some seven months before the events depicted in Elza of Prague. Mel worked in a military prison, married, got a master's degree, worked in a civilian prison, worked at the Justice Department, moved to Texas, got a law degree, and hung out his shingle. Mel was counsel to several entertainment companies and produced TV shows and pilots. He wrote screenplays and