Rob Sheffield

Rob Sheffield

Rob Sheffield at the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival
Born (1966-02-02) February 2, 1966
United States
Occupation Author, columnist
Nationality American
Genre Music
Pop culture

Rob Sheffield (born February 2, 1966) is an American music journalist and author.[1]

He is a long time contributing editor at Rolling Stone, writing about music, TV, and pop culture. Previously, he was a contributing editor at Blender, Spin and Details magazines. A native of Boston, Sheffield attended Yale and the University of Virginia.

His first book, Love is a Mix Tape (an excerpt of which was featured in the January 2007 issue of GQ), was released by Random House in January 2007. It was met with much acclaim and was a national bestseller.

Sheffield was married to the late Renée Crist. Sheffield remarried in 2006 and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Sheffield's second book, released in July 2010, is called Talking to Girls About Duran Duran.

Sheffield's third book, released in August 2013, is called Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke.

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