Mick Farren received attention in the 1970s with The DNA Cowboys cult trilogy. Through the 1980s and 1990s, he published a number of non-fiction works including a bestselling biography of Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, and providing lyrics for bands like Metallica and Brother Wayne Kramer. With Kramer, he created the musical The Last Words Of Dutch Schultz, and he has scripted several of documentaries. He emerged into the 21st century with the critically acclaimed and suitably unorthodox vampire saga The Renquist Quartet, and the alternate world epic Flame Of Evil.