I’ve been called a “Queen historian” in Rolling Stone.
My first two books, God Save My Queen: A Tribute and God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On, are hybrid collections that center my obsession with the greatest rock band of all time. Both were published by Soft Skull Press.
My Queen-related writing hasn’t ended there.
I’ve written pieces about Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury for The Rumpus, Flavorwire, Rattapallax, Barrelhouse, and other publications. I’ve been quoted about Queen developments in The Onion’s AV Club, and contributed to several Queen-related books that cover the band’s career.
From God Save My Queen
“The Prophet’s Song, Academy of American Poets website.
“Notes on Freddie Mercury’s Mr. Bad Guy Album,” Pindeldyboz, archived.
“God Save My Queen (The Freddie Fragments),” Narrativity.
Excerpts from God Save My Queen, Painted Bride Quarterly.
From God Save My Queen II
“Selected Notes on the Later Works of Queen, The Author’s Favorite Rock Band,” Eyeshot.
“One Vision,” HIV Here & Now AID/HIV Awareness Anthology, Indolent Books.
Queen-related clips, links, chapters, reviews
“Beelzebub and Galileo,” appearance on Marc Eliot Stein’s podcast Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera.
“Poet and professor Daniel Nester is literary king of Queen,” Paul Grondahl’s column in Times Union talks about my Queen obsession and books in the wake of the success of Bohemian Rhapsody movie.
“No Escape from Reality,” essay on Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic, Barrelhouse.
“A Night at The Space Opera: Queen’s Flash Gordon Soundtrack,” Rattapallax.
Contributor to three chapters in Queen: Album by Album, Martin Popoff, ed, Voyageur Press.
Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock, edited and written by Phil Sutcliffe. Voyageur Press. Review articles on Queen’s The Miracle album as well as Queen + Paul Rodgers’ The Cosmos Rocks.
“Love of My Life: Freddie Mercury’s Death, 20 Years Later,” The Rumpus.
“Epic Freddie Mercury Moments from ‘God Save My Queen’ Author Daniel Nester,” Flavorwire.
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