Phoebe Hoban is an independent journalist and author, best known for her biographies of the artists Jean Michel Basquiat and Alice Neel.Hoban's articles on culture and the arts have appeared in Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, New York magazine, and The New York Times. Her first book, "Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art," was published in 1998. Her second book, "Alice Neel: The Art of not Sitting Pretty," was published in 2010. Her third book, "Lucian Freud: Eyes Wide Open," was published in 2014. She has also published two children's books.Hoban started her career as a technology journalist at Newsweek. She then wrote a technology column for New York Magazine before becoming a feature writer on culture. From there she became a staff writer at The New York Observer, then a staff writer for US Weekly.