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Robert James Sheffield (born February 2, 1966) is an American music journalist and author. 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 Milton, Massachusetts, Sheffield has a bachelor's degree from Yale University and master's degree (1991) from the University of Virginia. Sheffield lives in Brooklyn, New York. Published works Sheffield has written several books including a memoir, Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time (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's fifth book, released in April 2017, is called Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World. An excerpt from Sheffield's most recent book, Dreaming the Beatles, was published online by Rolling Stone. USA Today gave Dreaming the Beatles three and one-half (out of four) stars and called it a "charming new collection of essays." Spin added that "Dreaming the Beatles is equal parts history and cultural criticism, as Sheffield draws from dozens of sources to lay down the story of how the Beatles came to be, before writing about why any of it matters." MTV opined that "Dreaming the Beatles is one of the best books about the band ever written." Sheffield won the ASCAP Foundation's Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism for Dreaming the Beatles in 2017. Bibliography 2007 – Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time. ISBN 9781400083039 2009 – Bande Originale (French Edition). ISBN 2355840202 2010 – Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut. ISBN 0452297230 2013 – Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke. ISBN 0062207628 2016 – On Bowie. ISBN 0062562703 2017 – Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World. ISBN 0062207652 2019 – The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks (Audible book). ASIN B07PRK66HL References External links Rob Sheffield at IMDb. Discover the Rob Sheffield popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Rob Sheffield books.