About the Author

William L. Andrews is the Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Professor of American Literature at the University of Kansas. A prizewinning scholar of African-American literature, Andrews is the author of To Tell a Free Story- The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865. He is the editor of Collected Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt, Three Classic Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt, Three Classic African-American Novels, and The African-American Novel in the Age of Reflection- Three Classics.

Paul John Eakin, Ruth N. Halls Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University, is the author of several books on autobiography, including Fictions in Autobiography- Studies in the Art of Self-Invention, Touching the World- Reference in Autobiography, How Our Lives Become Stories- Making Selves, and Living Autobiographically- How We Create Identity in Narrative. He is also the editor of American Autobiography- Retrospect and Prospect.