Brian Krumm is a writer, editor, musician, and songwriter. He has written a guide for young musicians starting their first bands as well as books about art, history, and chocolate. Fiction and nonfiction series that Krumm worked on have won awards from the Association of Educational Publishers and the Chicago Book Clinic. Krumm has released eight albums with his band The Great Crusades, which performs frequently in the U.S. and Europe. Krumm lives in Chicago with his wife and two daughters. He is not related to R. Crumb, Harry Crumb, or Viktor Krum.