Gary Lachman was a founding member of the seminal rock group Blondie, with whom he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. He has written for numerous publications, including The Independent, The Guardian, and The Fortean Times and is the author of numerous books. He previously authored a biography of Swedenborg that was published by the Swedenborg Society in London as Into the Interior: Discovering Swedenborg (2009), republished by Tarcher as Swedenborg: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas (2012).