Eric Lax is an American author who has written books on modern medicine, four books on Woody Allen including a biography, and a personal memoir Faith: Interrupted about deep religious attachment that he had in his youth and then his loss of Christian faith at a later part of his life.
After completing his two-year placement, he worked in Washington, D.C., on the Peace Corps staff in a capacity that allowed him to travel to more than 40 countries.
Lax also interviewed Groucho Marx for Life during the veteran comedian's 1972 trip to perform in Iowa.
[6] In 1984, Lax wrote Life and Death on 10 West about the bone marrow transplantation ward at the UCLA Medical Center, which was headed at the time by his college classmate Robert Peter Gale.
In addition to writing his books, Lax has written articles that have appeared in several periodical publications including The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Life, The Washington Monthly and The Washington Post.