About the Author

NICHOLAS SCHOU is a full-time staff writer for "OC Weekly." His writing has also appeared in numerous weeklies over the past decade, including "LA Weekly," the "San Francisco Bay Guardian," "Washington City Paper," the "Sacramento News & Review," and the "Village Voice." Schou is the author of "Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack Cocaine Epidemic Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb."

Reviews

"Nicholas Schou manages -- amazingly -- to penetrate four decades of silence....The result is a mind-blowing scrap of found history, like something buried deep in the earth -- and you cannot avert your eyes....With "Orange Sunshine," Schou has crafted a definitive history of the dark side of the 1960s."--"Los Angeles Times""'Orange Sunshine, ' is as close to an 'authorized' story as there's likely to be. Much of it reads more like fiction than history....the Brotherhood's story reads like some mystical adventure tale from a long-gone era. But for a peek at those heady times, 'Orange Sunshine' is one worthy flashback."--"San Francisco Chronicle""Journalist Nicholas Schou did yeoman's work digging into the story of the band of hippies that became a huge LSD cartel in the 1970s. He interviewed many former members, some of them not that happy to be found, earning their trust over some four years."--"San Diego Union-Tribune""Schou interviewed remaining Brotherhood members (who, unlike acid-gobbling pop musicians, seem to have largely retained their memories), gleaning impressive amounts of detail for his discussions of the ins and outs of the era's drug trade and the moving of vast quantities of marijuana and hashish along with the LSD. Loaded with little-known historical mots, this is an excellent chronicle of a piece of history unlikely to be repeated."--"Booklist""A fascinating read for any audience and essential history for anyone interested in the roots of psychedelia."--"Kirkus Reviews""His book is a roller-coaster ride through many of the Brotherhood's biggest smuggling adventures, and also provides hilarious details into daily life in Dodge City. Most important, Schou finally dispels the myth Tim Leary was the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love."--"High Times" (Four "cannabis" review)"Colorful ... the mixture of lively freakery and stoned pomposity gives [Schou's] portrait of countercultural excess an authentic period feel."--"Publishers Wee

“Nicholas Schou manages -- amazingly -- to penetrate four decades of silence….The result is a mind-blowing scrap of found history, like something buried deep in the earth -- and you cannot avert your eyes….With "Orange Sunshine," Schou has crafted a definitive history of the dark side of the 1960s.”—"Los Angeles Times" “'Orange Sunshine, ' is as close to an 'authorized' story as there's likely to be. Much of it reads more like fiction than history....the Brotherhood's story reads like some mystical adventure tale from a long-gone era. But for a peek at those heady times, 'Orange Sunshine' is one worthy flashback.”—"San Francisco Chronicle""Journalist Nicholas Schou did yeoman's work digging into the story of the band of hippies that became a huge LSD cartel in the 1970s. He interviewed many former members, some of them not that happy to be found, earning their trust over some four years."—"San Diego Union-Tribune""Schou int