Gillian G. Gaar is the author of over fifteen books, including She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll, Return of the King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback, and Entertain Us: The Rise of Nirvana. She was a senior editor at the Seattle music paper The Rocket and has also written for Mojo, Rolling Stone, Goldmine, and Seattle's Museum of Popular Culture, among many other publications and organizations. Gaar served as a project consultant on Nirvana's With the Lights Out box set. She lives in Seattle.