Stephen C. Baldwin, a retired educator from Austin, TX, holds a BA in History, an MA in Deaf Education, and a Ph.D. in Theatre History, Theory and Criticism. Baldwin has had twenty-six plays produced, most related to Deaf culture and history. He is the author of Pictures in the Air: The Story of the National Theatre of the Deaf (Gallaudet University Press), and Backspace, a novella (Savory Words Publishing).