Most of the content on this web site was researched, written, and organized by Bill Carey, who co-founded Tennessee History for Kids in November 2004.

* He lives in Nashville and has worked as a reporter for The Tennessean, the Nashville Scene, WPLN public radio, and NashvillePost.com, which he co-founded in 1999.
* He is a columnist for Tennessee magazine.
* He is the author of six books, among them Fortunes Fiddles and Fried Chicken: A Nashville Business History; Chancellors, Commodores and Coeds: A History of Vanderbilt University; and Leave No One Behind: Hurricane Katrina and the Rescue of Tulane Hospital.
* He is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, who spent five years as a flight officer in the U.S. Navy.

In addition to being the founder and executive director of Tennessee History for Kids, Carey is a teacher at Gallatin High School.