Jonathan Shaw

JONATHAN SHAW is a tattoo artist of more than four decades' practice and the author of Homeward Bound, Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist and Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes.

Shaw founded Fun City Tattoo on New York City’s Lower East Side in 1976, one of the city’s first walk-in tattoo studios, and served as managing editor of International Tattoo Art magazine.

When he’s not writing, Shaw works as a tattoo artist whose clients have included Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, and Jim Jarmusch. His books draw directly on that world, from memoir to fiction.

Jonathan lives in New York City.

Jonathan Shaw’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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