Craig Mathieson was born in 1971. He has been writing professionally about rock + roll since the age of 18, and in that time has nearly completed a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism while contributing to daily papers and rock magazines both here and overseas. At the age of 23 he became the editor of Juice magazine, one of Australia's leading pop culture magazines. He now works freelance for a number of publications, including Juice and Rolling Stone. Hi Fi Days is his first book.