About Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) was born in New Jersey and started living and working in California in 1951. In addition to novels in the mystery, science fiction, horror, fantasy, and western fields, he wrote many film and television scripts, including “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” from The Twilight Zone. He also wrote episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel, Night Gallery, and Star Trek. Several of his novels and stories have been made into movies, including The Shrinking Man, I Am Legend, and What Dreams May Come (starring Robin Williams). Over the course of his career he won the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Bram Stoker Award for Life Achievement, the Hugo Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Golden Spur Award, and the Writer’s Guild Award.
About Louis Gossett
Louis Gossett, Jr., is one of the most
respected African American actors in film, television, stage, and voice-over
history with a distinct voice that carries quiet authority. A triple-threat
talent with an Emmy for Roots, an
Oscar for Officer and a Gentleman,
and a Golden Globe for The Josephine
Baker Story, Gossett is in the upper echelons of elite actors. As an
impassioned activist, he firmly believes in giving back to the community and
has donated his performance royalties from the Twelve Years a Slave audiobook to his nonprofit organization, the
Erascism Foundation, which focuses on planting the seeds of social tolerance with
children and eliminating the stigma of racism.