Occupation Author, journalist Years active 1990–present Nationality American Spouse Jennifer Edwards | Alma mater Yale University Name Gavin Edwards Subject Music, pop culture | |
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Gavin Edwards is an American writer. A contributing editor for Rolling Stone, he is also the author of nine books, including the 2013 biography of River Phoenix, Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind and the New York Times bestseller VJ:The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave. Edwards has written four books on mondegreens and has contributed to The New York Times and Wired, among other publications.
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Biography
Edwards was born in New York to Scilla and James Edwards. He graduated from Yale University in 1990 with a BA in English.
Focused primarily on music, Edwards began working as a contributing editor and associate editor at Details in 1991. In 1999, he began writing for Rolling Stone, where, as a contributing editor, he has written 12 cover stories.
Edwards published his first book of misheard lyrics in 1995. Titled 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy, it was published by Touchstone Books. Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums, which Edwards wrote with Travis Barker, was released in October 2015.
Edwards' latest book, The Tao of Bill Murray, consists of a brief biography of Bill Murray, a 106-page filmography of 59 films, and a breakdown of the "10 Principals of Bill," a "kind of existentialist/Zen mashup that preaches a heightened awareness of the present."
Edwards and his wife, curator Jennifer Sudul Edwards, live in Charlotte, North Carolina with their two sons.