Richard White is the author of Young Soul Rebels, the well-received Omnibus biography of Dexys Midnight Runners in 2005.

Having worked as a reviewer and manuscript editor, he wrote about The Stone Roses for Clash and Record Collector in 2011, and a Roses' biography, Your Star Will Shine in 2012.

White worked on Soul Survivor, a book exploring Stevie Wonder's seminal mid-Seventies albums, and wrote a 40th Anniversary feature on Wonder's Innervisions in 2013.