James Baldwin's celebrated works of fiction include G"o Tell It on the Mountain, Giovanni's Room, Another Century, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, If Beale Street Could Talk, Just Above My Head", and the short story collection "Going to Meet the Man." He was also the author of a book of poetry, "Jimmy's Blues", two dramatic works, " Blues for Mister Charlie" and "The Amen Corner, "and many works of nonfiction, including "Nobody Knows My Name, The Fire Next Time, "and "Notes of a Native Son. "Born in Harlem in 1924, he lived for many years in France, where he died in 1987.

Ron Butler is a Los Angeles-based actor and voice artist with over a hundred film and television credits (playing everything from brooding doctors to screwball hipsters). Ron works regularly as a commercial and animation voice-over artist and has voiced a wide variety of audiobooks.