Mike Thomas authored the critically acclaimed oral history The Second City Unscripted: Revolution and Revelation at the World-Famous Comedy Theater (Villard, 2009) and is a longtime arts/entertainment staff writer at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he frequently writes about comedy. Over the years he has interviewed numerous renowned comics and comedic actors, including Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert, Bill Cosby, Rodney Dangerfield, Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart, Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Sarah Silverman and Jon Stewart.  His national magazine work has appeared in Esquire, Playboy and Smithsonian.