About the Author Hugh M. Hefner was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.Robert Coover is author of The Public Burning.Paul Theroux is author of The Great Railway Bazaar.Robert Stone is author of Dog Soldiers.Jay McInerney is author of Bright Lights, Big City.Daphne Merkin is author of Dreaming of Hitler.Maureen Gibbon is author of Swimming Sweet Arrow.Elizabeth Wurtzel is author of Prozac Nation. Read more