Annie Zaleski is the New York Times best-selling author of 2024’s Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs. Her other books include Duran Duran’s Rio in the prestigious 33 1/3 book series; the illustrated biographies I Got You Babe: A Celebration of Cher; Lady Gaga: Applause, Pink, Raise Your Glass, and Harry Styles: A Sign of the Times; and the music history book This is Christmas, Song by Song. Her work has appeared in NPR Music, The Guardian and Record Collector, and she’s contributed liner notes to the 2016 reissue of R.E.M.’s Out of Time.