Donald Brackett is a Toronto-based art and music critic who specializes in contemporary popular culture subjects. He writes regularly for a wide cross section of national media, both in print and broadcast formats, among them: Globe and Mail, National Post, Canadian Art Magazine and Art in America. He has been the Executive Director of both the Professional Art Dealers Association and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries, and is currently on the faculty of Centennial College in Toronto, where he teaches The History of Art and The Business of Art. His forthcoming book, Dark Mirror: The Pathology of the Singer-Songwriter, will be published by Praeger.