Why Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol by Karen Moller Andy Warhol was not the first-person Valerie Solanas intended to kill, it was Maurice Girodias the founder of the Olympia Press, Paris printer of books banned in England and America. The 1950s and early 1960s were Girodias’ fruitful years.He was the most talked about avant-garde editor of the time and several of his books rode at the top of the bestseller list. Despite his faults, Girodias was a brilliant publisher. Most of his literary publications had an intellectualized sexual and political style. He opened La Grande Séverine a place of great elegance and style to launch his books, The Ginger Man, Lolita, Candy and Naked Lunch a...