Meet the author

Grant Gipe’s debut novel, 8trackboy, is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story exploring sex, drugs, and relationships during the late hedonistic 1970s and its era-defining soundtrack. He was born in Chicago, grew up in Los Angeles, and studied at three different boarding schools. Grant previously worked in the movie business until his desire for greater adventures led him to join the 82nd Airborne Division where he jumped out of airplanes and participated in two combat missions. He earned an MBA and MS Marketing from the University of Colorado at Denver, hiked through the Panamanian jungle, once owned a DJ bar in Amsterdam, helped launch a mobile operator in Eastern Europe, developed internet startups, and traveled the world. Grant is currently based in Barcelona where he often finds himself jetting away to exotic locations including Morocco, Egypt, India, and Colombia.