Tommy Tomlinson is the author of
The Elephant in the Room, a memoir about being overweight in America. He’s the host of the podcast
SouthBound in partnership with WFAE, Charlotte’s NPR station. He has written for publications including
Esquire,
ESPN the Magazine,
Sports Illustrated,
Forbes,
Garden & Gun, and many others. He spent twenty-three years as a reporter and local columnist for the
Charlotte Observer, where he was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in commentary. His stories have been chosen twice for the
Best American Sports Writing series (2012 and 2015) and he also appears in the anthology
America’s Best Newspaper Writing. He teaches magazine writing at Wake Forest University and has taught at colleges, workshops, and conferences across the country. He also has a Substack called
The Writing Shed. Tommy and his wife, Alix Felsing, live in Charlotte with Alix’s mom and a cat.
Jonathan Davis, who has narrated more than 150 audiobooks, has received widespread critical acclaim for his performances in a variety of genres. He's been nominated for an Audie Award in the Thriller / Suspense category, and he's read several AudioFile Earphones Award-winning titles. He has also narrated over thirty Star Wars titles. Jonathan has read such works as Snow Crash, The Stranger, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, and The Shadow of the Wind.
He also performs voice-over work and is the voice of Vladimir Lem in the Editors Choice Award-winning video game "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne." Jonathan grew up in Puerto Rico and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.