Clinton Heylin is the highly acclaimed biography of Bob Dylan, whose Behind the Shades ws described by Mick Brown in the Daily Telegraph as 'the most exhaustive, balanced and intelligent account of Dylan's accomplishments that anybody is likely to provide'. His detailed account of Dylan's recording career, Behind Closed Doors, was nominated in the USA for the prestigious Ralph J.Gleason Award. He has also written a history of American punk, a history of bootlegs, and a biography of Sandy Denny. A former pupil of Manchester Grammar School, and a graduate of London and Sussex universities, he now lives in Somerset.