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Philip Norman

Philip Norman is the best-selling biographer of Eric Clapton, Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, and Jimi Hendrix. A novelist and a playwright, he lives in London.

Philip Norman

Philip Norman is the best-selling biographer of Eric Clapton, Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, and Jimi Hendrix. A novelist and a playwright, he lives in London.

Books by Philip Norman

  • Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix

    Philip Norman

    Hardback, 2020

    New York Times Book Review • "The Best Books to Give This Year"
    Publishers Weekly
    Best Books of the Year (Nonfiction)

    A shattering new biography of rock music’s most outrageous—and tragic—genius....
  • Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix

    Philip Norman

    E Book, 2020

    Hailed for its astounding portrait of Jimi Hendrix, Philip Norman’s Wild Thing has become the definitive biography of rock’s most outrageous—and tragic—genius.
  • Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix

    Philip Norman

    Paperback, 2022

    Hailed for its astounding portrait of Jimi Hendrix, Philip Norman’s Wild Thing has become the definitive biography of rock’s most outrageous—and tragic—genius.
  • Tribute to Freud

    Hilda Doolittle, Norman Holmes Pearson, Adam Philips

    Second Edition, Paperback, 2012

    A classic of American literature, now with a new introduction by iconic author and psychotherapist Adam Phillips.
  • Tribute to Freud

    Hilda Doolittle, Norman Holmes Pearson, Adam Philips

    Second Edition, E Book, 2012

    A classic of American literature, now with a new introduction by iconic author and psychotherapist Adam Phillips.