Chloe Govan
In the beginning, there was the word - and the word was music. Chloe couldn't tell you much about what's happening in Eastenders - she doesn't even know who the characters are - but ask her about music and she is a veritable encyclopaedia.
In her teens she toured the world with bands and produced her own music magazine. By the time she left school, her tutor's report in her National Record of Achievement read: "A writer beyond all possible doubt, Chloe is at her best behind a pen" and "her innate linguistic fluency is outstanding".
Following an undergraduate degree in Psychology, Chloe completed a master's degree in Magazine Journalism, achieving a first with distinction.
She then became a travel writer and music critic for various newspapers, websites and magazines, followed by a stint as contributing editor at Real Travel magazine, with two monthly columns. She is also the launch editor of a forthcoming monthly music magazine.
She penned the first major biography on pop sensation Katy Perry (A Life of Fireworks, Omnibus Press, 2011), exclusively interviewing the girl with whom Katy shared her first infamous lesbian kiss. The experience was immortalised in Katy's No.1 hit 'I Kissed A Girl' but no-one had heard the inside story - until now.
Subsequently her book on Jessie J was packed with exclusives, made the front page of national newspaper The Sun, provoked a media storm on almost 300 news websites and sold out online within 24 hours of its release.
At the following link, she explains away some of the misconceptions about her tenth book, Amy Winehouse: The Untold Story: http://www.thistlepublishing.co.uk/pa...
Meanwhile, the soundtracks to her scribbles include Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse and early Lady Gaga.
“Raw, alive and honest to the point of disgusting it's listener, Placebo set out to inspire mystery and confusion. Admitting to relishing groups who could make their audience vomit with the sheer intensity of their musical vibrations, Brian clearly knew how to make an impact. Discussing sonic overload with unsettling enthusiasm, he claimed "Some frequencies can make you physically ill or make your bowels loose. The Swans used to do it. By the end of gigs people would vomit because the frequencies were so nasty.”