Joanna Harcourt-Smith (13 January 1946 – 11 October 2020) was a British-born author, poet, and psychedelic activist from an aristocratic background.
The book recounts her experiences while "she was a flower-power teenager in the Sixties," lived with the Rolling Stones in France, cavorted with playboy Gunter Sachs, Salvador Dalí and the Aga Khan, before falling in love with Timothy Leary in 1972.
[4] My Psychedelic Love Story, a documentary by acclaimed American writer, filmmaker and director Errol Morris based on Harcourt-Smith's book, was released on Showtime on 29 November 2020.
[citation needed] In 1966 Harcourt-Smith married Nico Tambacopoulou in a ceremony that was attended by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, and actor William Holden.
[2] She died on 11 October 2020 at the age of 74, at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico[1] surrounded by her children, grandchildren and her partner, Jose Luis Gomez Soler.