Matthew Rettenmund (born December 25, 1968) is the author of the novels '' Boy Culture'' and ''Blind Items: A (Love) Story'', as well as the non-fiction books ''Encyclopedia Madonnica'', ''Totally Awesome '80s'', and ''Hilary Duff: All Access''. He was the founding Editor in Chief of '' Popstar! Magazine'' from October 1998 until May 2012. He currently works at Telepictures in New York. Rettenmund grew up in

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and after he graduated from the

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, he moved to

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, where he still lives. His novel ''Boy Culture'' was adapted into an award-winning

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in 2006. He has blogged a
BoyCulture.com
since November 2005.

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