Mikal Gilmore is a writer.

He was born "Michael," but later changed the spelling of his name.

Gilmore was long interested in music, and in the early 1970s began writing articles for Rolling Stone.

In 1977, Gilmore's brother Gary was executed by firing squad in Utah.

Mikal Gilmore's 1995 memoir Shot In The Heart details his relationship with Gary, and their often troubled family. Shot In The Heart received mostly positive reviews, including a USA Today comment that states the book is "One of the most beautifully written, moving nonfiction books published in the past five years." [1] (http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-0385478003-6)

1999 saw the publication of Gilmore's Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock and Roll.