Alix Sharkey began his writing career at i-D magazine, eventually becoming co-editor. Over more than three decades in journalism he has filed hundreds of features on crime, popular culture and fashion for the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph, as well as various UK and international magazines. Alix has worked as news editor of MTV Europe, written a weekly column for the Independent and more recently studied creative writing at UCLA. He is presently working towards his MFA at Goddard College, and lives in Koreatown, Los Angeles.