Ken Babbs

Ken Babbs, an American writer and psychedelic pioneer, joined The Merry Pranksters, with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, and others, in the 1960s after he served in Vietnam.

Babbs co-wrote the historical novel Last Go Round (1994) with Kesey, and the two became and remained best friends after meeting at the Stanford Graduate School creative-writing class in the fall of 1958.

Babbs is now the Captain of the Sky Pilot Club.