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Ernest L Thayer (1863-1940) was an editor for the Harvard Lampoon before writing a column for William Randolph Hearst's San Fransisco Examiner, for which he published probably the most famous piece of American Baseball folklore ever created: "Casey at the Bat."

Grantland Rice (1880-1954) was an early 20th century American sportswriter. He is credited with the famous sports addage: "He marks--not that you won or lost--but how you played the game" in his poem "Alumnus Football."

Alex Wilson is a writer and stage/film actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. His stories and comics have appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Outlaw Territory II (Image), Weird Tales, Futurismic, LCRW and elsewhere. Locus has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. (Blog, Website)

Alex has performed lead roles in the North American premiere of (Richard Taylor's musical) Whistle Down the Wind and (Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido's film) The Third Cord. He has recently appeared in the Deep Dish Theater productions of Hedda Gabler and Moon for the Misbegotten, and recorded narrations for Escape Pod and Night Shade Books. (Acting Resume/Reel)

On early Telltale recordings, Alex is sometimes credited as "Alexander Wilson." He founded Telltale in 2004.

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