Meet the author

Grant Gipe’s debut novel, 8-Track Boy, is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story exploring sex, drugs, and relationships during the late 1970s and its era-defining soundtrack. He was born in Chicago, grew up in Los Angeles, and studied at three 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 took part in two combat missions. He earned an MBA and MS in 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 currently lives in Barcelona.