After grammar school and art school, 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 The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph, as well as various UK and international magazines. In 2004 he moved to Miami Beach to write about the contemporary art scene for Ocean Drive and fashion for Harper’s Bazaar. After a brief stint as a magazine editor in New York, in 2009 he relocated to Los Angeles. He has studied creative writing at UCLA.