Doug Mendini, a longtime sales executive at Kensington Publishing, died last Saturday at his home near Milford, Pa. He was 62.
From 1990 to 2014, he worked for Kensington in a variety of positions, including national accounts director.
Mendini was also a novelist, playwright and nonfiction writer specializing in Hollywood. Some of his shows were produced off-off Broadway, including Overeating Causes Death and A Good Sport. Under the pseudonym Julian Biddle, he was the author of What Was Hot, a history of pop culture, and 214 Ways to Say I Love You. He also contributed articles to Entertainment Weekly and Country Living.