Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Josh Kilmer-Purcell at the 2011 Texas Book Festival.
Born	Joshua Gordon Kilmer (1969-08-28) August 28, 1969 (age 47) Albany, New York
Occupation	Writer, Television Personality, Businessperson
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Period	2006-present
Notable works	I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir Candy Everybody Wants The Bucolic Plague
Spouse	Brent Ridge

Josh Kilmer-Purcell (born August 28, 1969) is an American writer, television personality, and businessperson. He is best known for appearing in the television reality show "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" with his husband, Brent Ridge, and for his bestselling memoirs. The pair also participated in the 21st season of The Amazing Race, ultimately becoming the season's grand prize winners.

In 2010, Discovery Network's Planet Green channel debuted a reality television series about Kilmer-Purcell and Ridge, titled The Fabulous Beekman Boys. The series documents their relationship and lives as farmers in upstate New York as they build a green lifestyle company together. The President and General Manager of Planet Green declared it the "No. 1 original series" on the network. In 2012, Cooking Channel acquired rights to the program, and began airing the second season.

On March 10, 2010, Bravo television network announced a development deal with Darren Star to produce I Am Not Myself These Days as a scripted television series based on Kilmer-Purcell's bestselling memoir of the same name.

Kilmer-Purcell has written or co-written six books, including two bestselling memoirs, a novel, and three cookbooks.

I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir, Harper Perennial, 2006, Memoir. Kilmer-Purcell's first memoir is a tragicomic account of his early days in New York City, living as an advertising art director by day and a drag queen named "Aquadisiac" (or "Aqua") by night. The memoir details his relationship with a crack-addicted male escort named "Jack", and was a New York Times bestseller in the spring of 2006.

Candy Everybody Wants, Harper Perennial, 2008, Novel.

The Bucolic Plague, HarperCollins, 2010, Memoir. Kilmer-Purcell's second memoir recounts his purchase of a historic mansion and goat farm in Sharon Springs, New York, and quickly became a national bestseller.