Eric Spitznagel is the author and editor of ten books, most recently "Rock Stars on the Record: The Albums That Changed Their Lives" (Diversion Books, 2021) and "Old Records Never Die: One Man’s Quest for His Vinyl and His Past" (Plume 2016), a Hudson Booksellers Best Nonfiction Book of the Year.

He’s been a frequent contributor to magazines like Playboy, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Men’s Health, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and the New York Times, among many others. He lives in Chicago with his wife and a piano prodigy son, who creates songs from scratch that suggest a possible contract with the devil at the crossroads.