Louis Walsh (writing with Kathryn Rogers) has scooped 26 Number One singles and 16 Number One albums in the UK and created a stable of international chart-topping acts including Shayne Ward, Westlife, Girls Aloud, G4, Boyzone, Ronan Keating and Samantha Mumba. Louis is also a household name and leading show-business personality thanks to starring roles in top-rated television shows such as Pop Stars: The Rivals, The X Factor and You’re A Star.

In FAST TRACK TO FAME, star-maker Louis Walsh unlocks the secrets of superstar success in music and lifts the lid on the pop music world. Transworld published FAST TRACK TO FAME in 2007 to the tune of a major publicity tour by Louis Walsh.

Kathryn Rogers worked as a journalist with the Irish Daily Star for over a decade as its showbusiness correspondent. She is now a freelance writer and editor and lives with her husband in Dublin.