Norman Bacal is the Globe and Mail bestselling author of Breakdown, his memoir published in 2017 to great acclaim in Canada. He was one of the world's leading entertainment lawyers...view moreNorman Bacal is the Globe and Mail bestselling author of Breakdown, his memoir published in 2017 to great acclaim in Canada. He was one of the world's leading entertainment lawyers, having financed billions of dollars of television and film production, and working with studios such as MGM, Sony and Warner Bros. He sat on the board of directors of Lionsgate for almost ten years before retiring to begin his second career as an author.He writes both non-fiction for young professionals (including Take Charge published in 2021) and psychological thrillers, set as modernizations of William Shakespeare classics. His mysteries encompass world locations he has worked in as well as an intimate knowledge of boardroom drama.Bacal lives in Toronto, Canadaview less