Peter Ames Carlin
Journalist, critic and biographer
Peter Ames Carlin is an American journalist and biographer who has written books about musicians such as Paul McCartney, Paul Simon and Brian Wilson.
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American Born 1963 in Syracuse, United States
About Peter Ames Carlin
Peter Ames Carlin was born in 1963 and is a journalist, critic and biographer. Earlier in his career he was a senior writer for People magazine, and he also worked as a television critic at The Oregonian. His articles have also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the Times (UK) and Men's Journal. Several of his books are about music and musicians. He has written Catch a Wave, about Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, as well as Paul McCartney: A Life, Bruce and Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon. Later books include Sonic Boom, about Warner Bros Records, and The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.