Howard Paar Author

Howard Paar, a London native who relocated to LA in the late '70s, initially created the On Klub, the first ska club in the US, and subsequently worked as a long time record label executive. Along the way he has worked with a wide array of iconic artists including The Clash, The Specials, The Psychedelic Furs, The Cure, Bunny Wailer, Jimmy Cliff , NWA, The Go Gos, Def Leppard, INXS, Moby, and Lana Del Ray.

Today he is a multiple award winning music supervisor and Academy member who has worked on over 100 films & TV series including A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Can You Ever Forgive Me, Twentieth Century Women, Diary Of A Teenage Girl, and Monster.

Top Rankin’ is his second novel following 2015’s Once Upon A Time In LA.