Peter Guralnick's books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love ; an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Feel Like Going Home , Lost Highway , and Sweet Soul Music ; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson ; and Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke . Guralnick won a Grammy for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club , wrote and co-produced the documentary Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll , and wrote the scripts for the Grammy-winning documentary Sam Cooke/Legend and Martin Scorsese's blues documentary Feel Like Going Home . His 2015 book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll was a finalist for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of the Year, awarded by the Biographers International Organization. His most recent book is Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing .
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