Lisa Robinson

Lisa Robinson is an American journalist and writer. She was born in New York, NY. She is married to music producer and radio host Richard Robinson. She is the author of the memoir There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll about her life as a music journalist. She also wrote the novel Walk on Glass. She is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair. She has also written music criticism for New York Post. She is the former editor of Rock Scene.

She began her journalism career, in 1969, at the suggestion of now-husband Richard Robinson, who asked her to take over a column he wrote for a British paper. Robinson wrote for a variety of publications, including Creem, the New York Post, and the New Musical Express. She covered various popular artists and bands, including the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, U2, David Bowie, Chrissie Hynde, The Clash, The Who, and Patti Smith.

She frequently covered acts playing at CBGBs in the 1970s. While she toured with The Rolling Stones in 1975 she also acted as their press liaison.

• There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll, published April 22, 2014 by Riverhead Books, ISBN 9781594487149
• Walk on Glass, published March 2, 1985 by Random House Value Pub, ISBN 9780517479025