Annie Zaleski

Annie Zaleski is an award-winning writer and editor who’s contributed to NPR Music, Salon, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian. She’s also the author of multiple books, including an extensive look at Duran Duran’s Rio for Bloomsbury’s prestigious 33 1/3 series, and biographies of pop stars Lady Gaga and P!nk. She interviewed Cher ahead of her 2016 Las Vegas residency and praised the icon in a career-spanning 2021 Salon piece; additionally, she wrote about the intriguing backstory of Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” in Running Press’s forthcoming book We Found Love, Song by Song.