James Moffat
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James Moffat, who wrote under the pen name Richard Allen, produced a number of pulp novels for the UK publishing house New English Library during the 1970s. Many of his stories featured the often violent and sensationalist exploits of a fictional skinhead character, Joe Hawkins. A BBC documentary entitled "Skinhead Farewell" about his life aired in 1996.
Works
Moffat's works include Skinhead, Suedehead, Skinhead Escapes, Trouble for skinhead and Skinhead Farewell. He also wrote a number of other titles aimed at exploiting various real or invented youth cultures, including Punk Rock, Teeny Bop Idol, Smoothies, Sorts (allegedly female versions of 'Smoothies'), Dragon Skins (Kung Fu fighting skinheads, apparently), Glam and others.
The collected works of Richard Allen have been reissued in a six volume set by ST Publishing.
Parodies
Allen's formulaic and sensationalist writing style has been frequently parodied by Neoist writer and artist Stewart Home.