Rob Sheffield is a columnist for Rolling Stone, where he has been writing about music, TV, and pop culture since 1997. His new book "Heartbreak is the National Anthem," looks at Taylor Swift's influence on pop music. Sheffield also wrote the national bestsellers "Love Is a Mix Tape," "One Song at a Time," "Talking to Girls About Duran Duran," "Turn Around Bright Eyes," "On Bowie" and "Dreaming the Beatles."
Awards: ASCAP Foundation's Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism