Stephen Kendrick and Paul Kendrick are the coauthors of Douglass and Lincoln: How a Revolutionary Black Leader and a Reluctant Liberator Struggled to End Slavery and Save the Union, named one of Kirkus Reviews’ best books of 2008, and Sarah’s Long Walk: The Free Blacks of Boston and How Their Struggle for Equality Changed America, designated one of the best nonfiction books of 2005 by The Christian Science Monitor. Their work has appeared in publications that include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USA Today, and American Heritage.