SAM BLACKMAN is a philosopher turned physician-scientist and cancer drug developer, with a penchant for writing and storytelling. Raised in New Jersey and educated in Chicago, he has lived and worked in Cincinnati, Boston, and Philadelphia. While in Boston, Sam was a pediatric oncology fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital Boston, where he gained a degree of notoriety for appearing on the front page of the Boston Herald and, separately, destroying his wife’s car in a manner so spectacular he was mocked on NPR’s CarTalk. Now living in Seattle with his wife Julie and daughter Anika, Sam has been telling poignant, funny, and thought-provoking stories at The Moth since December of 2015. When he is not telling stories, Sam is working to launch a new biotechnology startup company focused on accelerating the development of new therapeutics for children with cancer.