Author

Books by Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll (1949–2009) was an American author, poet, and musician who grew up in New York City. He kept the journals that became The Basketball Diaries between ages thirteen and sixteen, and the book was first published in installments in literary magazines before appearing in full in 1978. Carroll later became known as a punk musician, releasing the album Catholic Boy in 1980, which included the song "People Who Died." He published several collections of poetry and the novel The Petting Zoo before his death in 2009. He is considered a key figure in the New York literary underground of the 1970s.