David A. Taylor is the author of Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America and writer/producer of the documentary film of the same title, as well as The People’s Recorder podcast. His 2018 book, Cork Wars: Intrigue and Industry in World War II, received an Independent Publisher Book Award, and his short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He teaches science writing at Johns Hopkins University.