John Van der Kiste

John Van der Kiste read Librarianship at Ealing Technical College, where he edited the student librarian journal Stamp Out. The author of about a hundred books, including historical and royal biography, popular music, true crime, local history, plays and fiction, he has also contributed articles to and reviewed books and records for local and national publications, was a consultant to the BBC documentary 'The King, the Kaiser and the Tsar', and is a contributor to 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biography', 'Guinness Rockopaedia', and Iain Dale's 'Kings and Queens'. He lives in Devon, and his spare time interests include reading, music and painting. His latest titles are 'Manfred Mann's Earth Band in the 1970s', 'Eagles On Track', and 'Classic Rock Albums: Let it Bleed, The Rolling Stones' (all Sonicbond), and 'Queen Victoria's Daughters in Law'' (Pen & Sword). His forthcoming projects include 'Charles II's Children', a new edition of the letters of Princess Alice, Queen Victoria's second daughter, the foreword to a new edition of Prince Andrew of Greece's 'Towards Disaster' (all Fonthill Media), and 'Gerry Rafferty On Track' (Sonicbond).