I'm a writer. I like moving words around. I play the keyboard.

The son of an old-school newspaper reporter, I began my daily newspaper career at The New York Times, where I was hired in 1968 to initiate their coverage of rock, making me the first full-time rock journalist for major media. I later switched to writing fiction and have published 50 books, one of which won the prestigious Edgar Award.

Recently I resumed my old career as an observer and reporter on the cultural, social and political scenes, this time as blogger. I'm also assembling the yarns I've picked up in the course of 40 years on the scene — and continue to pick up — and "may do something with them."

I live in New York.

I exhibit on Gawker Artists.

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