Jeffrey Morgan (writer)
Jeffrey Morgan | |
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Jeffrey Morgan in the recording studio, 1977 | |
| Pen name | Machine Rock |
| Occupation | writer, Photographer, Biographer, Editor |
| Period | 1965 - present |
| Genre | Rock Criticism, Satire |
| Subject | Rock 'n' Roll |
| Literary movement | Postmodern, Gonzo |
| Notable works | Authorized biographies of Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Creem, Mister X, Rock Critic Confidential, Jeffrey Morgan’s Media Blackout |
| Notable awards | Superior Scribing Award, 2005 |
| Website | |
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Jeffrey Morgan is a Canadian writer and photographer who is best known for being the authorized biographer of both Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop and The Stooges.
He is also the writer of the graphic novel The Brides of Mister X and Other Stories which Rolling Stone called "one of the 50 best non-superhero graphic novels".
In 2021, New Haven published Morgan's autobiography Rock Critic Confidential as a hardcover coffee table book containing over fifty years of Morgan's writing and photography, with an afterword written by Cooper.
In 2022, New Haven published Alice Cooper Confidential: Confessions! Secrets! Fan Mail! a collection of Morgan's previously unpublished interviews with Cooper, with an afterword written by Dennis Dunaway.
In 2024, New Haven published Iggy and The Stooges: The Authorized Biography an expanded edition of Morgan's 2009 biography with a new introduction written by Stooges guitarist James Williamson and a new afterword written by artist Shepard Fairey.