James Gavin is the author of five acclaimed books and dozens of New York Times features; he is a worldwide public speaker, a Grammy nominee, and a recipient of two ASCAP Deems Taylor-Virgil Thomson Awards for excellence in music journalism. His most recent book is George Michael: A Life (Abrams Press, 2022). His previous books are Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne (Atria Books, 2009), Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker (Knopf, 2002; republished by Chicago Review Press in 2011), and Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret (Grove Weidenfeld, 1991; Back Stage Books, 2006).
