Sam Irvin began his career as Brian De Palma's assistant on THE FURY and DRESSED TO KILL. Since then, he has directed over 40 films and TV series, including ELVIRA'S HAUNTED HILLS and DANTE'S COVE; co-executive produced the Academy Award-winning movie GODS AND MONSTERS; and authored the acclaimed biography KAY THOMPSON: FROM FUNNY FACE TO ELOISE (published by Simon & Schuster), He also wrote the illustrated children's book parody SAM'S TOILET PAPER CAPER (A Knuckle Samwitch Book, Irvin's self-publishing imprint). ORBGASM: AN EROTIC PULP SCI-FI SATYRICON (A Knuckle Samwitch Book) is Irvin's first novel.