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American screenwriter

Peter Barsocchini is an American screenwriter, author, former journalist, and television producer best known for his scripts for the High School Musical series.

Early life and education

Barsocchini was born in San Francisco, California. He attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California and graduated in 1970. He began his professional writing career while attending high school in the San Francisco Bay Area, writing more than 300 columns about popular music for The San Mateo Times.

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He also worked as a freelance reporter for the Associated Press and the San Francisco Examiner, and contributed reviews to the Associated Press and Rolling Stone. Barsocchini graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in creative writing.

Career

As a young journalist, he spent weeks backstage at Fillmore West, covering Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, The Grateful Dead, the Kinks, and Elton John