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Neil Daniels is a freelance British author and critic who specialises in Rock Music, Film and Television. He was born in 1981 in the North West of England where he still resides. He Studied at Middlesex University, where he obtained a degree in Film Studies. His interests include classic rock, heavy metal, cult films and novels and comics.

Neil currently writes for Fireworks, Powerplay and Get Ready To Rock.com; and occasionally contributes to Record Collector, Rock Sound and MediaMagazine. He has also written for Big Cheese, The Guardian, Drowned In Sound and musicOMH.

Neil Daniels first Book, a biography of Judas Priest, was published in 2007 and is scheduled for an international release in Bulgaria, Poland and Germany in 2008/09. He has since written a biography of Robert Plant. His third book is the autobiography of ex-Judas Priest singer and founder Al Atkins. The title is Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest & Heavy Metal it is due for release in the autumn of 2008. His books have been reviewed in Q Magazine, Mojo, Classic Rock, Rock Sound, Record Collector, Metal Hammer and Rock N’ Reel.

Neil Has a website at http://www.neildaniels.com. Where he publishes information about his work. Part of the website is an archive of exclusive interviews with writers where he has conducted interviews with such scribes as Joe Ambrose, Jeff Apter, Gavin Baddeley, Ian Christe, Joel McIver, Matthias Mader, Ben Myers, Chris Welch and Rich Wilson.

Bibliography

Defenders Of The Faith: The Story Of Judas Priest (Omnibus Press, 2007) Robert Plant: Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page & The Solo Years (IMP, 2008) Dawn Of The Metal Gods: My Life In Judas Priest & Heavy Metal (IP, 2008)

Interviews with Neil Daniels

About.com (2008): http://heavymetal.about.com/b/2008/06/06/neil-daniels-interview.htm

Get Ready To Rock (2007): http://www.getreadytorock.com/reviews2007/judas_priest_book.htm

Get Ready To Rock (2008): http://www.getreadytorock.com/bstage_heroes/neil_daniels.htm

Metal Shrine (2007): http://web.telia.com/~u43123410/mfintervju244.html

Neil Daniels – www.neildaniels.com.