Tim Madigan is the author of six previous books, including the critically acclaimed I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers and The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. He is also an award-winning journalist who has written for the Washington Post, Reader's Digest, Politico, the Chicago Tribune, and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He and his wife, Catherine, live in Fort Worth, Texas.