About the Author

Valentine Penrose (1898-1978) was a French Surrealist writer and collagist. She married the British Surrealist Roland Penrose in 1925. Alexander Trocchi (30 July 1925 -- 15 April 1984) was a British novelist and heroin addict. He wrote several erotic novels for the Olympia Press, and was also considered amongst the few British Beat writers.