His poetry is known for its sense of place, focusing on the day-to-day of Southern California life.
[4] Publishers Weekly, on the other hand, found that the main character lacked depth and was too bizarre to make the book enjoyable.
[3] He told the Los Angeles Times that experiences such as "pushing bodies down to the morgue" helped inspire him.
His maternal grandmother moved to Southern California in the 1940s, and Abee says his family has lived all around the Los Angeles area.
Abee grew up in Southern California, but went to Santa Cruz for college, where he discovered that people disliked Los Angeles, he told KCET.