Michael Smerconish, attorney-turned-political commentator, has been recognized by Talkers magazine as one of America’s most important talk show hosts. Named Radio and Records. Local Personality of the Year in 2009, Smerconish now hosts two nationally syndicated daily radio programs. He is the author of four books, including two New York Times bestsellers: Muzzled: From T-Ball or Terrorism, True Stories That Should be Fiction and Murdered by Mumia, which he co-authored with Maureen Faulkner. Smerconish was a regular fill-in host for Bill O.Reilly’s nationally syndicated The Radio Factor and has been a guest host on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews. He has appeared on every major television program where politics are discussed. He also authors separate weekly columns for the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and their four children.