Born in Rhode Island in 1957 and raised in New York City until the age of 8, Eric V. Goode[1] relocated with his family to California.

Eric began his career as an artist, educated at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and Parsons School of Design.

Area was known for its constantly changing themes and collaboration with artists of the time (Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, and others).

Over the next two decades Goode transitioned into restaurants[5] and hotels, including many in collaboration with his partners Serge Becker and more recently Sean MacPherson.

Guerilla documentaries and public service announcements directed by Goode and the Turtle Conservancy have amassed millions of views across various social media platforms.

The Goode's thornscrub tortoise (Gopherus evgoodei) is a desert species from Northern Mexico described by a team of American and Mexican biologists.

[1] In South Africa, the Turtle Conservancy, along with its partner organizations, has purchased over 1,000 acres of the last remaining habitat for the critically endangered geometric tortoise (Psammobates geometricus).

The Turtle Conservancy secured approximately 1,000 acres of tropical deciduous forest in southern Sonora, Mexico, for the protection of the Goode's thornscrub tortoise (Gopherus evgoodei).

Drawing from a rich archive of material, Eric and Jennifer tell the behind-the-scenes story of the club and its people, creating an illustrated memoir of an exciting time and place in the history of New York nightlife.

Goode's work also has notable similarities to Damien Hirst and Jeff Vaughan, especially his tendency to represent elements of the natural world in his mixed-media installations.