About the Author

A modern-day Renaissance man, RICHIE FRIEMAN is the host of the popular Modern Manners Guy podcast on the Quick and Dirty Tips network (with 7.4 million podcast downloads and counting!). His distinct voice stems from his colorful career history, which includes stints as a professional artist and a professional wrestler. Whether in the boardroom or in the wrestling ring, Richie has seen manners at their best and their most bizarre. Richie’s outlook on modern manners is humorous, honest, and above all else, practical. He is routinely featured in many media outlets including The Huffington Post, Fox News, Shape, FHM, Sharp Magazine, and the Baltimore Sun.

Richie is founder/CEO of the award-winning music and lifestyle magazine Pens Eye View, for which he was awarded a Laureate Medal (formerly known as the Smithsonian Award) at the 2008 Computerworld Honors Program. Richie is also the author of several childen’s books and the founder of Charm City Babies, a fashion line that creates rock ’n’ roll–inspired onesies and donates one article of clothing to charities worldwide for every one article sold. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and two children.