Coates, Eric

Eric Coates grew up in New Hampshire. He attended Bard College and lived in numerous cities, including New York, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. His books include "Hearing Voices: A Memoir of Madness" and "Cracking Up: A Memoir of Love, Drinking, Drugs, Poverty, Paranoia and Other Afflictions of Life on a Road to Madness," and "Memos: Advice to a Young Executive on the Art of Lying, Twisting the Facts, and Using the Media for Your Own Selfish Purposes." His latest book, "Smoking: An Intimate History," should be out in December of 2013.