Music journalist Gillian G. Gaar has written numerous books, including She's A Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll, The Rough Guide to Nirvana, Treasures of Nirvana, and Green Day: Rebels with a Cause (Omnibus Press, London, 2007). She has written liner notes for collections by Laurie Anderson, Judy Collins, Heart, Pat Benatar, Paula Cole, and Mat Kearney, among others. She was also a project consultant/liner-note writer for Nirvana's box set With the Lights Out. Garr has written for several magazines and newspapers, including Rolling Stone, Mojo, Goldmine, and the Seattle Times, and was a senior editor at Seattle music biweekly newspaper the Rocket. She lives in Seattle, WA.