Royce Flippin is a journalist, author, editorial consultant and singer/songwriter who lives in New York City and believes in free expression, social and economic justice and the power of words and music. He is the creator and editor of the politics anthology book series Best American Political Writing (PublicAffairs Books), which was published annually from 2002 through 2009. He has written for numerous periodicals, and is the author of Fit Again: 90 Days to Lifetime Fitness for the Over-35 Male (Birch Lane Press), and co-author of Reverse Your Diabetes in 12 Weeks: The Scientifically Proven Program to Avoid, Control, and Turn Around Your Diabetes (Workman Publishing), and The Outrageous Rubenstein: How a Media-Savvy Trial Lawyer Fights for Justice and Change (Rubenstein & Rynecki). To learn more about his novel Soundscape, please visit the website www.soundscapebook.com.