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Elizabeth Semmelhack  Author

Bobbito Garcia is the leading authority on sneaker culture and author. He has directed a television show about sneakers on ESPN, collaborated with Nike, and his work is featured in the first college course on sneakers-Sneakerology 101. Acclaimed shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack is senior curator at the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto. Darryl McDaniels is part of the pioneering hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. and a graphic novelist. Dee Wells is the creator of the media outlet Obsessive Sneaker Disorder. Tinker Hatfield is the designer responsible for Nike's most innovative and popular sneakers.