Paul Zollo

Paul Zollo
Born	Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Author, Journalist, Musician, Photographer
Nationality	American

Paul Steven Zollo (born August 9, 1958) is a singer, songwriter, author, journalist and photographer.

Paul Zollo is the author of eight books, including several on the craft of song-writing.

His book Songwriters On Songwriting (ISBN ) has been expanded three times and features in-depth interviews with many of the world's greatest songwriters, including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Laura Nyro, Pete Seeger, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Frank Zappa. It has been called "the ultimate book about songwriting" and "the songwriter's bible," and is used as a textbook in songwriting courses in many universities, including University of Southern California, UCLA, and the Berklee School of Music.

On October 18, 2016, the sequel to Songwriters On Songwriting was published, More Songwriters On Songwriting (ISBN ),featuring all new interviews with a vast range of legendary songwriters, including Leiber & Stoller, James Taylor, Loretta Lynn, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Brian Wilson, Matisyahu, Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine and many more.

His first book, published in 1988, is The Beginning Songwriters Answer Book, published by Writer's Digest.

He wrote an oral and narrative history of Hollywood, Hollywood Remembered, featuring chapters on Jerry Maren, Jonathan Winters, Karl Malden and many others, published by Cooper Square Press, 1999.

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