Jack Kreismer

Jack Kreismer is the owner of a publishing company (Red-Letter Press) and a bestselling author. He is also a born procrastinator, truly a man whose time has never come. Combine that with his nature’s calling, a penchant for bathroom reading, and you have the #1 and #2 ingredients for the foundation of a company destined to be the life of the potty in the publishing world.

One day way back when (1979, to be precise), Kreismer was in the bathroom on the seat of learning when an inspiration came to him- a handbook for those who are late for everything, The Procrastinator’s Perpetual Planner. But that would just have to wait. Another idea for a “write-in” book hit him- a register for visitors to the best seat in the house. And so The Bathroom Guest Book was born.

In the years to follow, a Bathroom Library evolved, tens of millions of books were sold and many other light-hearted series of books were introduced.

Kreismer created National Bathroom Reading Week, the second week of June, so that others could celebrate its worthwhile and educational value. After all, he says, “Parents and educators are asking why can’t Johnny read? I ask why can’t they read in the johnny?”

These days, Kreismer spends his time between Sanibel Island, Florida, and Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. It is at these residences where he has compiled and perfected his latest endeavor, a first of its kind diet book, Laugh You’re A** Off, in which you lose calories while laughing at the joke-filled ingredients.

Oh, and as for The Procrastinator’s Perpetual Planner- it’s coming soon.