A 2002 Harvard graduate, Annie Zaleski has been writing about music professionally since 1999. Her work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin, Billboard, Alternative Press, The Village Voice, Los Angeles Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, New York Journal News, Boston Herald and Cleveland Scene and on Salon.com and Amazon.com. Currently, she is the music editor and music blog editorial director/head writer at the Riverfront Times. When not writing, Annie enjoys swimming, drinking coffee, going to concerts, eating sushi, sleeping, reading and driving with the windows rolled all the way down. She has also been known to take photos of bands and other fun things.

Annie lives in St. Louis with her extensive music collection.