Bruce Zimmerman (born 11 June 1952)"Bruce Zimmerman (2006). ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from ''Biography in Context'' database, 2016-08-09. is an American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer. Among the television series he has worked on are ''

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'', '' CSI: NY'', '' K-Ville'', ''

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'', ''Reunion'', ''So Weird'', ''Street Time'' and ''

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''. He has also written a number of movies for television, including the two "Inspectors" movies for Showtime. Born in Sacramento, California, Zimmerman began his writing career while living in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, a small colonial town in the mountains of Central Mexico. He published four suspense novels featuring Quinn Parker, a therapist who specializes in treating phobias: ''Blood Under the Bridge'' (1989), ''Thicker Than Water'' (1991), ''Full-Bodied Red'' (1993) and ''Crimson Green'' (1994). In 2011, he joined the writing staff of ''

'', for which he has written eleven episodes so far, and now holds the rank of a co-executive producer.

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