Joe Eszterhas

Joe Eszterhas is the author of American Rhapsody and Charlie Simpson’s Apocalypse, which was nominated for the National Book Award. His fifteen films include Basic Instinct, Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Telling Lies in America, Showgirls, Sliver, Jade, Music Box, Betrayed, F.I.S.T, and An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. He lives in Bainbridge Township, Ohio, with his wife and four sons. He is also the father of two grown children from his first marriage.