Josh Wexler is a native New Yorker. As a bookseller, he won an important First Amendment case (Wexler vs. New Orleans) helping secure the right to distribute published materials. He wrote for the website NoMaas, and spent most of his adult life as a gigging and recording musician. He still teaches piano in Greenwich Village (GVPianoLessons.com), and currently runs New York City’s Suicide Hotline as Director of Crisis Services for Samaritans NYC.