Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and the recipient of broadcasting honors that include numerous Peabody Awards, a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, and the 2015 TED Prize.
He is the author and editor of numerous books that grew out of his public radio documentary work, including the StoryCorps books Listening Is an Act of Love (2007), Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps (2010), and All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps (2012)—all New York Times bestsellers. StoryCorps' fourth book, Ties That Bind: Stories of Live & Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps, was released in the fall of 2013 to coincide with the organization's tenth anniversary. storycorps.org
Maya Millett is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. She received a master's degree in journalism from New York University, where she studied cultural reporting and criticism. Before joining StoryCorps' print department in 2010, Maya worked as an archive researcher for Johnson Publishing Company (home to Ebony and Jet magazines) and with the African American oral history project The HistoryMakers. mayamillett.com
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