Michael Lesy's books include Angel's World and Long Time Coming. In 2006 he was named one of the first United States Artists Fellowship recipients, and in 2013 was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. A professor of literary journalism at Hampshire College; he lives in Massachusetts. Lisa Stoffer is Amherst College's director of foundation and corporate relations and comes from a family of chefs. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.