James Thomas Mann is a local historian in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is the author of ten published books on local history. His works include Wicked Washtenaw County, Wicked Ann Arbor and Wicked Ypsilanti. His most recent work is Murder & Mayhem in Washtenaw County. He is also a frequent contributor to the Ypsilanti Gleanings, a publication of the Ypsilanti Historical Society. Mann is the host of the Highland Cemetery Lantern Tours every October.