Steve Turner (writer)

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Steve Turner (born 1949) is an English music journalist, biographer and poet. His first published article was in the Beatles Monthly in 1969. He was features editor of Beat Instrumental 1971-1973 and subsequently freelanced for music papers including NME, Melody Maker and Rolling Stone. During the 1980s he wrote extensively for British newspapers and magazines on a range of subjects as well as producing his study of the relationship between rock music and religion, Hungry For Heaven, and co-authoring U2: Rattle & Hum, the book of the film. In the 1990s he began devoting himself to full-length books, the first being a best selling biography of British music star Cliff Richard, which stayed in the Sunday Times bestseller list for six weeks. At the same time he has written a number of poetry books for both adults and children. The first of his books for children, The Day I Fell Down The Toilet, has now sold over 120,000 copies.

His published poetry books for adults are Tonight We Will Fake Love, Nice and Nasty, Up To Date, The King of Twist and Poems. His published poetry collections for children are The Day I Fell Down The Toilet, Dad, You're Not Funny, The Moon Has Got His Pants On, I Was Only Asking and Don't Take Your Elephant To School.

He now combines his book writing and journalism with poetry readings, lecture tours of America and Europe and consultancies. He lives in London.

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Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts (2001)
The Gospel According to the Beatles (2006)
The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend (2004) Johnny Cash
Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye (1998)
A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song (1994; updated in 1999 and 2005)
Hungry for Heaven: Rock and Roll and the Search for Redemption (1988)
Jack Kerouac: Angelheaded Hipster (1996)
Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Now (1993)