Bill Flanagan

Bill Flanagan is the author of the novels, FIFTY IN REVERSE, EVENING'S EMPIRE, A&R and NEW BEDLAM, as well as two non-fiction books, WRITTEN IN MY SOUL and U2 AT THE END OF THE WORLD, and a humor collection, LAST OF THE MOE HAIRCUTS. He has written for Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, Spy, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and many other magazines and newspapers. Flanagan hosts the Sirius XM Radio programs FLANAGAN'S WAKE, NORTHERN SONGS and THE FAB FOURUM. He produces a series of "Words & Music" originals for Audible, the first of which was BREAK SHOT: JAMES TAYLOR. He wrote the film JIMMY CARTER: ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT. Flanagan is an essayist on CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING. He has been interviewed on TV by Oprah Winfrey, Diane Sawyer, Conan O'Brien, Jeff Greenfield, Bryant Gumble and Charlie Rose. He has also appeared in documentaries by Peter Bogdanovich, Julien Temple, and the BBC, been a guest on Terri Gross's FRESH AIR on NPR, and on PBS's American Masters.