Toby Creswell

Toby Creswell
Born (1955-05-21) 21 May 1955 (age 69)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationJournalist, editor, author
NationalityAustralian
SubjectRock music
Notable worksThe Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll, 1957-Now
1001 Australians You Should Know
PartnerSamantha Trenoweth
ChildrenAlice

Toby Creswell (born 21 May 1955) is an Australian music journalist and pop-culture writer. He was editor of Rolling Stone (Australia) and a founding editor of Juice.[1][2]

In 1986, he co-wrote, his first book, Too Much Ain't Enough a biography of pub rocker and former Cold Chisel vocalist Jimmy Barnes.[3] He also co-wrote with Martin Fabinyi The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll, 1957-Now (1999) and 1001 Australians You Should Know (2006).[4][5] The latter was written with his domestic partner, fellow writer and journalist, Samantha Trenoweth.[6]

  1. ^ Cauchi, Stephen (4 November 2007). "Right, said Led: old fogeys of rock in classic reunion mode". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
  2. ^ Carney, Shaun (5 November 2005). "Shuffling through a century of song". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
  3. ^ Creswell, Toby; Martin Fabinyi (1986). Too Much Ain't Enough. Milsons Point, NSW: Random House. ISBN 0-09-182818-X.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Real Thing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Creswell, Toby; Samantha Trenoweth (2006). 1001 Australians you should know. North Melbourme, Victoria: Pluto Press Australia. ISBN 978-1-86403-361-8.
  6. ^ "Toby Creswell". Rock's Backpages. Backpages Limited. Retrieved 19 March 2009.