The author of Permanent Midnight and Bad Boys II favors stories of late-night ambulance drivers, Nazis, non-believer evangelists, and a convict in solitary confinement.
Jerry Stahl is author of the narcotic memoir classic Permanent Midnight; I, Fatty (film rights optioned by Johnny Depp); Perv—A Love Story and Plainclothes Naked. He has written extensively for film and television, and his much-anthologized fiction and journalism have appeared in Esquire, Details, Playboy, Black Book, LA Weekly, and Tin House. He lives in Los Angeles.