Ann Medlock is the storyteller who founded the Giraffe Heroes Project, an international nonprofit that has given the world hundreds of stories about real heroes. An award-winning public radio commentator, she’s also been the speechwriter for US political figures and for the Aga Khan. Her personal writing includes Arias, Riffs & Whispers, a book of poems, Building with Christopher Alexander; An Illustrated Memoir, and Bread Crumbs: A Memoirish Guide to a Meaningful Life. She divides her time between two islands—Manhattan and Whidbey.