Kristin Casey is a writer and recovered alcoholic and addict. Her memoir Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh documents their tumultuous six-year relationship and drug-fueled, train wreck breakup. She's survived numerous addictions, suicide attempts, clinical depression, Catholicism, and the panhandle of Texas.
Her writing has appeared in the Foliate Oak Literary Magazine,
The Nervous Breakdown, From the Asylum, $pread, and elsewhere. She
writes about addiction, dependency, sexuality, and relationships.
She resides in Austin, Texas, and works in the field of sex
therapy.
"...a well-written and often harrowing tale of love, lust, and
little packets of white powder."
--Houston Press "Told with an aching straightforward
vulnerability, peppered with massive superstars and seedy
hangers-on, this addictive spiral catapults you into what life with
an unpredictable rock god is really like. Hooked on each other, the
booze-fueled muse and her man, Joe Walsh, take "monstering" to a
harrowing level. The writing is so good it feels like spending a
chatty couple of weeks with your wildest best friend, spilling oh
so many scintillating secrets."
--Pamela Des Barres, New York Times Bestselling author of I'm with
the Band and Take Another Little Piece of My Heart "Kristin Casey
goes straight for the jugular with high-octane tales of rock and
roll, addiction, a highly dysfunctional celebrity relationship, and
finally recovery...There's a depth to Casey's introspection that
elevates it above your average "tell all" books...Buy this
book!"
--Patrick O'Neill, author of Gun, Needle, Spoon "I knew I
was gonna love this book the moment I got to the line, 'Can we
please fuck normally now?' And that was within the first dozen or
so pages. I mean seriously, what more do you want from a whirlwind
romance between a stripper and a rock star? You want drugs, too?
Well you're in luck, fancypants. It's like they raided Hunter S.
Thompson's personal stash, and then fucked like demons. If this
isn't what constitutes great literature anymore, then I give up. If
nothing else, read this book and the next time 'Life's Been Good'
comes on the radio, you can smile knowingly to everyone around you
and say, 'You guys have NO idea.'"
--Eric Spitznagel, author if Old Records Never Die: One Man's Quest
For His Vinyl and His Past "Rock Monster gives an unflinchingly
honest, crisply detailed look into Casey's years as a young
stripper dating a famous rock star. It's everything you ever
wondered about that life and more. Her writing is so intimate and
revealing that you almost feel guilty, as if you're reading
somebody's diary. Her spot on descriptions of the yearnings, the
urge to please, her own feelings of inadequacy as well as the
insidious slide into drug addiction amidst the glamorous touring
life makes this a must read."
--Amy Dresner, author of My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty
and Staying Clean "No vantage point is better than the one on the
inside. KC was on the front lines of one of rock's most decadent
eras. She tells her story with skill and detail that will stay with
the reader a very long time."
--Marc Eliot, New York Times bestselling author of To The Limit:
The Untold Story of the Eagles "Kristin Casey's moving, honest, and
powerful story takes us into a world we've all dreamed of being
inside--the excitement of life with a famous rockstar, the drugs,
the sex, and the romance--and pulls back the curtain to reveal what
actually happens backstage."
--Kerry Cohen, author of Loose Girl "This ain't no fanboy account,
it's the genuine lived experience of Walsh's most intimate
relationship. And while you're there check out the pictures! (Walsh
may be crazy, but he ain't that crazy!)"
--Adam "Slowpoke" Temple, Austin guitarist (The Scabs)
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