Annie Zaleski

Annie Zaleski is a New York Times best-selling author, journalist and editor who writes about music and pop culture. Her profiles, interviews and criticism have appeared in Rolling Stone, NPR Music, The Guardian, Salon, Time, Billboard, The A.V. Club, Vulture, the Los Angeles Times, Stereogum, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and many other outlets. She was previously music editor at the Riverfront Times and managing editor at Alternative Press, and she edits the 33 1/3 Genre Series for Bloomsbury.

Her 2024 book Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs made the USA Today and New York Times best-seller lists and was named a Best Book of 2024 by Barnes & Noble. She has also written a 33 1/3 book on Duran Duran's Rio, illustrated biographies of Lady Gaga, Pink and Harry Styles, This Is Christmas, Song by Song, and books on Dolly Parton and Stevie Nicks. She wrote liner notes for the 2016 reissue of R.E.M.'s Out of Time, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame commissioned her induction essays for Duran Duran, George Michael and Cher. She has commented on music for NPR, the CBC and other broadcasters.