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Bruce Zimmerman (born 11 June 1952) [1] is an American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer. Among the television series he has worked on are Criminal Minds , Desperate Housewives , CSI: NY , K-Ville , The District , Judging Amy , Reunion, So Weird, Street Time and Deputy . He has also written a number of movies for television, including the two "Inspectors" movies for Showtime.

Born in Sacramento, California, [1] 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). [1]

In 2011, he joined the writing staff of Criminal Minds , for which he has written eleven episodes so far, and now holds the rank of a co-executive producer.

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