David Dalton is a New York Times author and a founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine.[1] He has written several books, including co-writing Paul Anka's autobiography My Way.

Dalton has written twenty-four books and a number of biographies on people such as James Dean, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Sid Vicious, the Rolling Stones, and Andy Warhol. He is the coauthor of "Get Back."