Shout!

PHILIP NORMAN has an international reputation as a chronicler of pop music and culture. Shout!, his ground-breaking biography of the Beatles, has remained continuously in print, selling more than one million copies, and was recently listed by Waterstones bookshops as one of the 100 best biographies in any genre. He has since written acclaimed books about the Rolling Stones. Elton John, Buddy Holly John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. Philip is also an award-winning fiction-writer (included among the first Top 20 'Best of Young British Novelists') and a playwright whose works have appeared on BBC2 and Radio 4. He has also written two musicals. Philip currently lives in London.