Allan MacDonell is the author of 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' (Feral House, 2006), 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex, and Trial by Angel Dust' (Rare Bird, 2015) and 'Now That I Am Gone: A Memoir Beyond Recall' (Rare Bird, 2018). He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s 'Slash' magazine.
Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms such as Buzz Media, Spin Media and Participant Media. He is founder and director of The Skeeve.com.