ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Tavis Smiley is the host and managing editor of Tavis Smiley on PBS and The Tavis Smiley Show from Public Radio International (PRI). He is also the bestselling author of sixteen books. Smiley lives in Los Angeles.
David Ritz, who collaborated on Smiley’s What I Know for Sure, has worked with everyone from Ray Charles and Marvin Gaye to Aretha Franklin and B.B. King.