Michael Lisicky is a nationally recognized department store historian, lecturer and author. His books have received critical acclaim in such major newspapers as the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Boston Globe, the Newark Star Ledger, the Bergen Record and the Baltimore Sun. His book Gimbels Has It! was cited as "one of the freshest reads of 2011" by National Public Radio's Morning Edition program. Mr. Lisicky has given lectures at such locations as the New York Public Library, the Boston Public Library, New York Fashion Week, the D.C. Public Library and at the 2011 Wanamaker Organ Centennial Week celebration in Philadelphia. He also served as a historical consultant for the Oscar-nominated film Carol and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, on National Public Radio and CBS's Sunday Morning television program.

Mr. Lisicky resides in Baltimore, where he is also an oboist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He is also the author of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: A Century of Sound.