Jerry Hopkins is an American author and journalist.
He is best known as the co-author (with Danny Sugerman) of No One Here Gets Out Alive (1980), the definitive biography of Jim Morrison of The Doors, which was a key source for Oliver Stone's film about the band. He has written nearly 30 books about music, food and travel, including three volumes on Elvis Presley. He has also written for Rolling Stone (where he was a contributing editor for 20 years), The Village Voice, GQ and numerous other publications.
His most recent book as of December 2007 is an oral history of Don Ho.
Since the early 1990s he has lived in Thailand.
Books on music/counterculture[]
- 1965 - Bare Feet & Good Things To Eat
- 1968 - The Hippie Papers: Notes from the Underground Press (Hopkins edited the collection)
- 1969 - You Were Born On A Rotten Day
- 1970 - Festival! The Book of American Music Celebrations, with Jim Marshall & Baron Wolman
- 1970 - Groupies & Other Girls written with John Burks
- 1970 - The Rock Story
- 1971 - Elvis: A Biography
- 1980 - No One Here Gets Out Alive - A biography of Jim Morrison, written with Danny Sugerman
- 1981 - The Hula
- 1981 - Elvis: The Final Years
- 1983 - Hit and Run: The Jimi Hendrix Story
- 1985 - Bowie (book)
- 1987 - The L.A. Book of Lists
- 1987 - Yoko Ono (book)
- 1992 - The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison (reprinted in 2010)
- 1996 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 2005]] - Elvis in Hawaii
- 2007 - Don Ho: My Music, My Life
Other literature[]
- 1978 - The Last Sex Manual
- 1987 - Vinny: Part II
- 1985 - Fax To Da Max
- 1988 - Fax 2 Da Max
- 1988 - How To Make Your Own Hawaiian Musical Instruments
- 1989 - The Westin Maui
- 1990 - Kauai Lagoon
- 1990 - 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save Hawaii
- 1991 - Frank Delima's Joke Book
- 1999 - Strange Foods: Bush Meat, Bats And Butterflies, An Epicurean Adventure Around The World
- 2004 - Extreme Cuisine
- 2004 - In the Name of the Boss Upstairs: The Father Ray Brennan Story
- 2005 - Bangkok Babylon (reprinted in 2009)
- 2005 - Thailand Confidential
- 2005 - The Showman of the Pacific
- 2007 - Asian Aphrodisiacs: From Bangkok to Beijing - the Search for the Ultimate Turn-on