Bob Dylan

Clinton Heylin is widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on Bob Dylan. He co-founded Wanted Man a British magazine devoted to the study of Dylans life and music and for many years edited the news section of its quarterly publication The Telegraph. Heylins acclaimed biography Dylan: Behind the Shades (1991) established him as a leading Dylan scholar. He followed it with Dylan: Behind Closed Doors (1996) a detailed account of Dylans recording career that was nominated for the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Award for music writing in the United States. His diverse bibliography includes Day By Day: A Life in Stolen Moments From the Velvets to the Voidoids (a history of American punk) The Great White Wonders (a definitive study of bootlegging) No More Sad Refrains (a biography of Sandy Denny) Despite the System: Orson Welles versus the Hollywood Studios and So Long As Men Can Breathe (on the publishing history of Shakespeares Sonnets). Raised in Manchester and educated at Manchester Grammar School and at the Universities of London and Sussex Clinton Heylin now resides in Somerset.