Gillian G. Gaar is a popular music journalist and author who has written and contributed to many books (the highly acclaimed Return of the King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback, The Rough Guide to Nirvana, Goldmine: The Beatles Digest, She's A Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll and more), countless articles for a wide variety of newspapers and magazines (Rolling Stone, Goldmine, Q, Classic Rock, Record Collector and many more, websites (allmusic.com, Examiner.com, SonicNet etc.) and a variety of official liner notes (for Heart, Laurie Anderson, Nirvana, Judy Collins, Pat Benatar etc.). She lives in Seattle, WA.