Stevie Nicks Biography Lessons & Lace Set For Release

Official Announcement | Published: May 12, 2026 2:25 PM EDT

(CSM) Acclaimed music and culture journalist Rachel Brodsky has announced her debut book titled Lessons & Lace, a Stevie Nicks biography due out September 15 via Harmony/Penguin Random House.

Revered for meticulous reporting and unparalleled creativity throughout Rachel's career, Lessons & Lace is a completely unique take on a biography. Structured according to different themes -- rather than chronologically -- each chapter centers on a different life lesson that Stevie has absorbed and later dispensed wisdom on. Rachel will celebrate the book's release with an in-store event at Book Soup in Los Angeles on Sept 15, moderated by Los Angeles Times Pop Critic, Mikael Wood. Stay tuned for additional book tour appearances.

Today, Stevie Nicks is rock's own Patron Saint of Lessons Learned, but in order to reach this point she had to endure a world that underestimated, misunderstood, dismissed, and mocked her. She battled sexist narratives, helped popularize a struggling mid-level rock band, became a successful solo act, and beat addiction, all while staying connected to her creativity, authenticity, and mysticism. Drawing from archival first-person interviews and insights from people in Stevie Nicks' world, Lessons & Lace chronicles her remarkable story with notable quotes to inspire hard-learned, life-changing lessons.

Rachel shares, "Very few artists have maintained their cultural relevance and appealed to multiple generations like Stevie Nicks.

Lessons & Lace recounts Stevie's path to becoming the wisdom-dispersing fairy godmother we know her as today. I think sometimes we forget how much skepticism she faced from the music industry and her peers (even her friend and collaborator Tom Petty!), the uphill climb she faced to be taken seriously as a true artist and writer, what it took to overcome her struggles with addiction, and how she inspired new generations of musicians to write with their own combinations of vulnerability and strength.

That is why I love Stevie. She is as layered in meaning as her most memorable songs. Like the book's namesake, "Leather and Lace," Stevie is soft and hard, romantic and practical, sensual and sensible. I genuinely hope readers walk away feeling inspired to live their lives with Stevie-style authenticity, bravery, and truth."

Illustrated with gorgeous full-color line drawings, Lessons & Lace is a tribute to a woman, style icon, prolific writer, and unapologetic romantic who chases happiness and values the space to honestly and authentically be herself. Through Stevie's life and lessons, you'll feel encouraged to embrace your own wild (and perhaps witchy) heart.

"Just dance. This will pass. Love will find a way. It always does." Pre-order the book here