Clinton Walker has been called `our best chronicler of Australian grass-roots culture' by Sydney's Sun-Herald. Born in Bendigo in 1957, he is an art school drop-out and recovering rock critic who has published nine books, and has worked extensively in television as well as journalism.

His previous titles include Buried Country, Inner City Sound, Golden Miles and History is Made at Night and the global best-seller biography of Bon Scott, Highway to Hell. For ABC-TV, he was co-writer of the hit 2001 Oz-rockumentary series Long Way to the Top, and co-presenter of the late-night live music show Studio 22, and producer of their soundtrack albums; he also produced the soundtrack for the film version of Buried Country that he wrote for SBS, and is currently the director of its touring stageshow iteration.