Kenneth W. Rendell is a dealer in historical letters and documents, with offices in Boston and a gallery on Madison Avenue in New York City. He is the author of History Comes to Life: Collecting Historical Letters and Documents and Forging History: The Detection of Fake Letters and Documents and With Weapons and Wits: Propaganda and Psychological Warfare in World War II. He is co-author of the award-winning Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector's Manual. He resides in Boston, Massachusetts.