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Charles R. Cross

Biography

Charles R. Cross

Charles R. Cross, author of New York Times bestseller HEAVIER THAN HEAVEN: THE BIOGRAPHY OF KURT COBAIN and three previous books, was editor of The Rocket, the Northwest music and entertainment magazine, from 1986 through 2000. He writes for numerous newspapers and magazines.

Charles R. Cross

Books by Charles R. Cross

by Charles R. Cross - Biography, Music, Nonfiction

Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his incredible rise to celebrity in London's swinging sixties. It is the story of an outrageous life --- with legendary tales of sex, drugs, and excess --- while it also reveals a man who struggled to accept his role as idol and who privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had.