Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift's stratospheric rise to mega stardom is the story of the century. Charming fans straight out the gate as a teen country music sensation, Swift has gone on to dominate the music industry as a pop titan.She is the first woman to have four albums in the Billboard chart's Top Ten at the same time, is the recipient of fourteen Grammys and forty American Music Awards and her recent Eras tour broke records to become the first music event to surpass $1 billion in revenue, making it the highest-grossing tour in history.A treasured celebrity who has triumphed in the face of haters and intrusive tabloid coverage, Taylor Swift uses her personal life as inspiration for her songwriting, delivering hit after hit, and selling out stadiums the world over. 

Caroline Young is a writer and author specialising in popular culture, fashion and film history. She has written a number of celebrated books, including Style Tribes: The Fashion of Subcultures, Living with Coco Chanel (Frances Lincoln), and Hitchcock's Heroines (Insight Editions). This is her first book for Gemini Editions.