Author Walter Newkirk is the founder of Walter Newkirk Public Relations LLC. A graduate of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, he worked on publicity for the film Roseland (1977), with director James Ivory and producer Ismael Merchant, and now primarily books interviews with authors for satellite TV tours, including titles by Martha Stewart, Valerie Bertinelli, Jenna Bush, and Tom Clancy.
Previously,Newkirk was a publicist for The Whole Theatre in Montclair, NJ, where Academy Award winning actress Olympia Dukakis was the artistic director. He also worked in public relations for The Newark Museum in Newark, NJ; and the John Harms Center For The Arts in Englewood, NJ - which has since been renamed Bergen PAC; Bergen Performing Arts Center on projects with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Sarah Jessica Parker, Charles Osgood, and Eartha Kitt.
