Born in New Zealand in 1967 and raised in Australia, Keith Urban has unlikely roots for one of the world’s biggest country music stars. His success is undeniable: to date he has sold more than five million albums, written five number one singles, and his shows sell out in minutes to throngs of country fans across the United States. His very public relationship with Nicole Kidman—whom he married in an A-list affair in 2006—earned Urban a totally new audience, with gossip magazines across the planet tracking their relationship and the recent birth of their long-wished-for child, Sunday Rose. Frank, this insider’s biography reveals how Keith Urban lived out his childhood dream, as well as the price he's had to pay to reach the top of the music business.
Jeff Apter is one of Australia's foremost writers of non-fiction. He has written more than a dozen acclaimed biographies, including studies of Keith Urban, Jeff Buckley, Silverchair, cricketer Michael Slater and the Finn brothers. In 2011 he co-wrote two bestsellers, A Little Bird Told Me (with Kasey Chambers) and Dirty Deeds (with Mark Evans) and also released Chasing the Dragon: The Life and Death of Marc Hunter.
He has contributed to Rolling Stone (where he spent five years as Music Editor), the Sydney Morning Herald, Vogue, GQ, Australian Hi-Fi and the renowned Rock's Back Pages website. Jeff lives on the New South Wales south coast with his wife Diana, his children Elizabeth Asha and Christian Jai, and is represented worldwide by literary agent Curtis Brown.
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