Dr. Michael Eric Dysonย is an award-winning andย New York Timesย bestselling author of over twenty books, a widely celebrated professor, a prominent public intellectual, an ordained Baptist minister, and a noted political analyst.ย He is a two-time NAACP Image Award winner, and the winner of the American Book Award forย Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. His bookย The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in Americaย was a Kirkus Prize finalist. He is also a highly sought after public speaker who is known to excite both secular and sacred audiences.ย A native of Detroit, Michigan, he currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee. This is his first book for teens.ย Follow him on Twitter @michaeledyson and on his official Facebook page (facebook.com/michaelericdyson).
Marc Favreauย is the acclaimed author ofย Crash: The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of Americaย andย Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia,ย and co-editor (with Ira Berlin and Steven F. Miller) ofย Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation. Favreau is also the director of editorial projects at The New Press. He lives with his family in New York City and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.