Life
Parfrey was born in New York the son of actor Woodrow Parfrey and Rosa Ellovich; his mother was Jewish, his father was not. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1962. Upon graduating from Santa Monica High School, the young Parfrey enrolled at UCLA before transferring to UC, Santa Cruz where he studied theater and history without graduating. While at UCLA, he wrote for the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, and later became co-editor.
He collaborated on George Petros' Exit magazine.
Following a stint at the tabloid newspaper Idea Magazine, Parfrey returned to New York. In 1989 he started Feral House with $5,000.
He now lives in Port Townsend, Washington. Parfrey also publishes through Process Media, an imprint he established in 2005.
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