Victor Humphry Knipe is a sociology and history author, and adult film writer, director, and website

Website

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 administrator. He is a co-author of The Dominant Man: The Pecking Order in Human Society, a sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

 book which has been translated into five languages, and the sole author of The Nero Prediction, a historic novel about Emperor Nero

Nero

Nero , was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death....

 and astrology

Astrology

Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...

, which won the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award

Independent Publisher Book Award

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 for "Best Historical Fiction."

Biography

Humphry Knipe was born in Kimberley, South Africa, on September 20, 1941. He graduated Rhodes University

Rhodes University

Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, established in 1904. It is the province’s oldest university, and is one of the four universities in the province...

 majoring in History and English.

He moved to England

England

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 in the 1960s, where he met his future wife, erotic photographer Suze Randall

Suze Randall

Suze Randall is an English model, photographer, and pornographer. She has been one of the world's leading erotic photographers for more than 35 years....

. They immigrated to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 in 1975, and wrote about their experiences in Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.-Early life:...

's Playboy Mansion

Playboy Mansion

The Playboy Mansion is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.-History:The house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style...

 in the book Suze. (Hefner didn't like the book and stopped admitting them to the mansion.)

Mostly in the 1980s, Knipe wrote and directed several Suze Randall produced pornographic films under the nom de porn Victor Nye. One of their more famous actresses was Traci Lords

Traci Lords

Traci Lords , also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Tracy Lords, is an American film actress, producer, film director, writer and singer...

, later found to be underage.http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005061142,00.html

The couple now reside in Malibu, California, where he manages Randall's erotic web sites, http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Editorial&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=204788 and administers much of the business of Suze Randall Productions as Haaren Enterprises, Ltd., using his first name, Victor Knipe.http://corporate.findlaw.com/scripts/full_dkt.pl?court=cacd&dk_num=8%3A2003cv00221 http://www.lannibarbie.com/copyright.htm

They have three children, including daughter Holly Randall

Holly Randall

Holly Randall is an American erotic photographer. She is the daughter of erotic photographer Suze Randall and author Humphry Knipe.-Biography:...

, an erotic photographer who also assists in the business.

Filmography

• Star Virgin (1979)
• Kiss and Tell (1980) aka KOCK-FM 69
• Miss Passion (1984)
• Love Bites (1985)
• Too Naughty to Say No (1985)
• Sky Foxes (1987)
• Erotic Eye (1995) aka Suze Randall's Erotic Eye

External links

• The Nero Prediction Author's website dedicated to the book.
• Humphry Knipe Interview by self-titled "prospective son-in-law", Luke Ford
  Luke Ford
  Luke Ford is an American writer, blogger, and former pornography gossip columnist known for his disclosures and traditionalist Jewish religious views.-Personal:Ford moved to California in 1977...
  
  
• Amazon.com Profile, Reviews, and Blog Includes short autobiography