David Browne is a senior writer at Rolling Stone, where he has written cover stories on the Grateful Dead, Whitney Houstom, Robin Williams, and Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes. His latest book, the seeds of which were planted during his years as an NYU student, is Talkin’ Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capital, and he is also the author of seven other books, including biographies of the Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Sonic Youth and Jeff Buckley. He lives in Manhattan.

A 25-year-veteran of newsrooms operated by the USA Today Network, John W. Barry’s passion for writing and love of music laid the groundwork for his book, Levon Helm: Rock, Roll & Ramble—The Inside Story of the Man, the Music and the Midnight Ramble. The book’s foreword was written by Ringo Starr.