Clare Ashton is an award-winning indie author of lesbian fiction and f/f romances, with German translations of her work published by Ylva Publishing and Verlag Krug und Schadenberg. She lives in the Midlands with her wife and son and daughter, who are a lovely distraction from writing.

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Zoe Ashwood writes steamy paranormal romance for women who believe in magic and true love. She's happiest when she spends time with her family and loves making her characters fall in love.

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Christine Cunningham Ashworth has, herself, become an established part of the divination and witchcraft communities. Christine writes a regular column in the Cartomancer magazine. Christine is the author of numerous novels, primarily in the romance genre. She lives in Southern California.

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Samuel Ashworth has been a bartender, a dancer, and a reporter. His fiction and nonfiction appear in the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Longreads, Eater, Hazlitt, Gawker, the Rumpus, and so on. He is a professor of creative writing at George Washington University, and assistant fiction editor at Barrelhouse magazine.

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Born in St. Louis, Jabari Asim is a journalist and the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction. He is currently the executive editor of the Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP. He also contributes to the Washington Post and Bookforum, and is an associate professor of creative writing at Emerson College.

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Isaac Asimov, who was named "Grand Master of Science Fiction" by the Science Fiction Writers of America, entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decades.

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Ben Askren is cofounder of AWA, a highly decorated 2008 US Olympic Freestyle team member, and one of the most well known wrestlers in the United States.

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Clive Aslet is a writer, commentator, historian, editor, and academic. He has written around twenty books on architecture and history and was editor of Country Life magazine from 1993 to 2006.

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Anders Aslund is a leading specialist on economic policy in Russia, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

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Gordon J. G. Asmundson, PhD, is Professor and Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator in Psychology and Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina, Canada. Dr. Asmundson is well known for his award-winning research in the areas of anxiety disorders, health anxiety, and acute and chronic pain.

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Robert Asprin (1946–2008) was an American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his Myth-Adventures and Phule's Company series. As an active fan of the genres, he was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a cofounder of the Great Dark Horde, and founder of the Dorsai Irregulars.

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Kate Aster is the bestselling author of the Special Ops: Homefront and the Brothers in Arms series, as well as the Homefront: The Sheridans series. Her books feature swoon-worthy heroes inspired by the men she meets every day as the wife of a retired Army soldier and daughter of a Navy vet. Visit her at kateaster.com.

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