Charles R. Cross

Seattle-based writer Charles R. Cross is the author of six books including 2008’s Cobain Unseen (Little Brown) and Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix, published by Hyperion in the U.S., and Hodder in the U.K. His 2001 release, Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain (Hyperion/Hodder), was a New York Times-bestseller and was called “one of the most moving and revealing books ever written about a rock star,” by the Los Angeles Times. In 2002, Heavier Than Heaven won the ASCAP Timothy White Award for outstanding biography. Cross’s other books include the national bestseller Backstreets: Springsteen, the Man and His Music (Harmony, 1989); Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell (Harmony, 1992); and Nevermind: The Classic Album (Schirmer, 1998). To learn more about Cross and his many writing projects, visit his Web site.