Zoe Howe

Zoë Howe's books span the worlds of music, culture and the occult. A strong advocate for women and cultural figures who have been underestimated or marginalised, she was part of the core team behind the award-winning documentary Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché, and her 2009 debut was Typical Girls? The Story of the Slits: the first full-scale biography of a female group, according to Dr Audrey Golden. Subsequently Zoë's music books have covered artists including Stevie Nicks, The Jesus & Mary Chain...See more

Zoë Howe's books span the worlds of music, culture and the occult. A strong advocate for women and cultural figures who have been underestimated or marginalised, she was part of the core team behind the award-winning documentary Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché, and her 2009 debut was Typical Girls? The Story of the Slits: the first full-scale biography of a female group, according to Dr Audrey Golden. Subsequently Zoë's music books have covered artists including Stevie Nicks, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Poly Styrene, The Jam and Dr Feelgood, and she was a contributing author to the updated The Art of Punk in 2022. Her latest books include Witchful Thinking: The Wise Woman's Handbook for Creating A Charmed Life and Scorpio Witch, the latter co-authored with Ivo Dominguez Jr (Llewellyn). Zoë is also the editor of Pauline Murray's hit memoir Life's A Gamble and Lindsay Reade's A Continual Farewell: My Life In Letters With Tony Wilson. Her debut novel Shine On, Marquee Moon was shortlisted for the Virginia Prize in 2016 and she was announced as music writing festival Louder Than Words' 'Festival Luminary' in 2017. See less