Iceberg Slim

Robert Beck, who wrote under the name Iceberg Slim, was an American pimp before he became a writer. His 1967 memoir, Pimp: The Story of My Life, was reprinted 19 times by 1973 and had sold nearly 2 million copies, mainly among black audiences. Beck also wrote the novel Trick Baby, and the books under the Iceberg Slim name include the short story collection Airtight Willie & Me. Beck died in 1992.