Robert Ker­beck is the founder of the Mal­ibu Writ­ers Cir­cle and his essays and short sto­ries have been fea­tured in numer­ous mag­a­zines and lit­er­ary jour­nals, includ­ing Nar­ra­tive­ly, Cimar­ron Review and Los Ange­les Mag­a­zine. His short sto­ry, ​“Recon­nect­ed”, was adapt­ed into an award-win­ning film and has appeared at film fes­ti­vals world­wide. He is a life­time mem­ber of The Actors Stu­dio and an award-win­ning actor. He is also the author of Mal­ibu Burn­ing: The Real Sto­ry Behind LA’s Most Dev­as­tat­ing Wildfire.