Born in Liverpool in 1965, David Buckley has written eight books, including two on David Bowie: The Complete Guide To The Music Of David Bowie (Omnibus Press, 1996) and Strange Fascination - David Bowie: the Definitive Story (Virgin Books). Strange Fascination has sold in excess of 50,000 copies worldwide. The Guardian called David 'e~the best of [Bowie'e(tm)s] umpteen biographers.'e(tm) Other works are the official biography of the Stranglers, No Mercy (Hodder and Stoughton), a biography of R.E.M., Fiction - an Alternative Biography (Virgin Books), The Thrill of It All - the Story of Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music (Andre Deutsch), Elton: the Biography (Andre Deutsch) and Kraftwerk: Publikation (Omnibus Press,). David is a regular contributor to Mojo magazine, and has written press notes and booklets for EMI for Bowie'e(tm)s back catalogue reissues.

He has appeared on British TV and radio on a number of popular music programmes, including Channel 4'e(tm)s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame . In 2013, he gave the closing lecture at the Victoria & Albert'e(tm)s record-breaking exhibition, Bowie Is . He also worked for many years as a part-time university lecturer and tutor and has written for various academic publications, including Larousse , The Year'e(tm)s Work in Critical And Cultural Theory (Blackwell), The New Grove Dictionary Of Music and Musicians , and The Encyclopaedia Of The Popular Music Of The World (Continuum). He was the UK'e(tm)s first-ever full-time postgraduate student in Popular Music. He lives in Munich. For more information go to www.david-buckley.com.