Clinton Heylin is the renowned author of the definitive Bob Dylan biography, Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades among many other works, including Can You Feel The Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography; Despite the System: Orson Welles versus the Hollywood Studios; Babylon's Burning: From Punk to Grunge; and The Act You've Known for All These Years: The Life, and Afterlife, of Sgt. Pepper. He lives in Somerset.