Paolo Hewitt

Paolo Hewitt (born 1958) is an English music journalist and writer from Woking in Surrey.

Biography Hewitt was placed in care at a very early age, and went to live with a foster family. Following years of abuse he was sent to Burbank children's home in Woking at the age of ten. He has written about this period of his life in But We All Shine On. As part of research for her 2006 novel Wicked! author Jilly Cooper read The Looked After Kid.

Early career and journalism Hewitt's first published work was a biography of The Jam entitled The Jam: A Beat Concerto which was published following their split in 1983. He has written on various subjects for The Guardian.

Books Titles Title Date Published Colour Me Father An Open Letter To My Son... 19 November 2019 Steve Marriott: All Too Beautiful... 3 December 2009 But We All Shine On 21 October 2014 The Looked After Kid 22 May 2003 The Jam: A Beat Concerto 16 September 1983 Paul Weller - The Changing Man 16 June 2008 David Bowie Album By Album 12 September 2013 The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story (Mainstream Sport) 14 September 1998 The Soul Stylists: Six Decades of Modernism - From Mods to Casuals 25 September 2003 Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis 1 January 1997 The Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology 7 May 2009 Heaven's Promise: A Novel 2 February 2015 A to Z of Mod 3 December 2009 Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: 50 Moments that Changed Music 29 September 2011 OASIS Forever The People 5 August 2000