Iris Berry is a poet, actor, singer, L.A. Pop culture historian, who co-founded Punk Hostage Press in 2012. Her latest collection is Gas Station Etiquette (2022). She has appeared in many films, TV commercials, documentaries, and rock videos. As a singer-song writer in the 1980s and 90s, she performed and recorded with the Lame Flames, the Ringling Sisters, the Dickies, the Flesh Eaters, and Pink Sabbath. She served four years on the Board of Directors for the Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center in Venice, CA. She is a two-time recipient of a Certificate of Merit Award from the City of Los Angeles for her contribution as an L.A. writer as well as for her charity work.