Eve Babitz was born and grew up in Hollywood. She began to write in 1972 after designing album covers for such artists as Linda Ronstadt, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds and Lord Buckley. Her articles and short stories have appeared in Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire and The New York Times Book Review.
The Independent on the rediscovery of the brilliant Eve Babitz, author of Sex & Rage:
“She’s a comic, a poet, and a rare writer who is capable of finding the universal in the unique.”