A Captain's Duty

Captain Richard Phillips grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts, with seven brothers and sisters. He married Andrea Coggio, an emergency room nurse, in 1988, and together they have two children. Phillips is a 1979 graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and became captain of the MV Maersk Alabama in 2009.

Stephan Talty is a journalist who has contributed to the New York Times Sunday Magazine, GQ, the Chicago Review, and other publications. After working at the Miami Herald, he lived in Dublin for two years and wrote for the Irish Times, Empire Magazine, and many others. Stephan is the author of the New York Times bestseller Empire of Blue Water, The Illustrious Dead, and Mulatto America. He currently lives outside New York City with his wife and two children.

George K. Wilson has narrated over one hundred fiction and nonfiction audiobook titles, from Thomas L. Friedman to Thomas Pynchon, and has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. He spent ten years in broadcast news, including for the American Forces Radio and Television Service and for rock radio in San Diego and Los Angeles. An American Academy of Dramatic Arts, West, graduate, his acting career includes stage, film, television, commercials, improvisational comedy, and stand-up. George has written and performed in over five hundred nationally syndicated short news satire features for public radio and NPR and has received a national Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award for Best Public Service Program. He has also scripted and hosted corporate videos for Sony, Merck, IBM, and Price Waterhouse. He is currently working on a suspense short story collection and a thriller novel.