As early as age 12 I decided to be a journalist. I graduated with special honors in journalism from George Washington University. After starting with standard journalism, in 1960 I began publishing The Californian, the periodical which touched off the Alternative Press. From 1968 to 1980 I was the featured writer for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. From 1985 to 2001 I ran a non-profit organization I created, the Homosapiens Educational & Legal Project. Among those who have been major influences on me are Edward Bellamy (Looking Backward), Alan Harrington (The Immortalist), Terence V. Powderly (The Path I Trod), Thomas Wolfe (Look Homeward Angel), Ernest Becker (Denial of Death), Bertrand Russell, George Bernard Shaw, George Orwell (Eric Blair), and Thomas Huxley.

Phi Beta Kappa. Associated Press Newswriting Awards. Catholic Press Association Journalism Awards for best non-fiction and writing that most effectively reflects the spirit of ecumenism espoused by Pope John XXIII. Bar Association Award for outstanding coverage of legal-judicial affairs.

I am the author of hundreds of articles published in periodicals from San Francisco to Athens, Greece, and of six books: THE HIPPIES (New American Library), HITLER AND THE NAZIS (Putnam), PILEUP ON DEATH ROW (Doubleday), THE DEVIL'S AVENGER:A BIOGRAPHY OF ANTON SZANDOR LAVEY (Pyramind Books), THE DEVIL AND DR. NOXIN:A MODERN MORALITY PLAY (Wild West), LUCIFER'S DICTIONARY OF THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE (Wild West), and most recently THE CASE AGAINST 'JESUS' (World Audience Publishers). I maintain a blog called "Wolfe Lair." For more information consult standard reference works such as WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, OUTSTANDING INTELLECTUALS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, AND CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS.

Burton Wolfe's Books
Contains information on how to order my e-books - Lucifer's Dictionary of the American Language, How I Live Healthily with Killer Disease - and my latest print book, The Case Against 'Jesus'.