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Josh Kilmer-Purcell (born August 28, 1969) is an American writer. In 2006 Harper Perennial published A Memoir, a tragicomic account of Kilmer-Purcell's early days in New York City, living as an advertising art director by day and a drag queen named "Aquadisiac" (or "Aqua") by night. The memoir details his relationship with a crack-addicted male escort, "Jack," and was a New York Times bestseller in the spring of 2006. Candy Everybody Wants, a novel by Kilmer-Purcell, was published by HarperPerennial in 2008. "The Bucolic Plague," a memoir about Kilmer-Purcell's purchase of a historic mansion and goat farm in Sharon Springs, New York was published by HarperCollins in June 2010, and quickly became a National Bestseller.

Starting in 2006 Kilmer-Purcell began writing a monthly column about urban gay life for OUT Magazine. He has contributed to several national media outlets including The Advocate and National Public Radio.

In 2010, Discovery Network's Planet Green channel debuted a reality television series about Kilmer-Purcell and his partner, Dr. Brent Ridge, titled The Fabulous Beekman Boys. The series documents their relationship and lives as farmers in upstate New York as they build a green lifestyle company together. The President and General Manager of Planet Green declared it the "No. 1 original series" on the network.

On March 10, 2010, Bravo television network announced a development deal with Darren Star to produce I Am Not Myself These Days as a scripted television series.

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