John McPhee was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with the New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. He has written over thirty books, including Oranges, Coming into the Country, and Silk Parachute.

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Don McPherson—an All-American quarterback at Syracuse University who went on to play professionally in the NFL and Canada—began his work on gender-based violence prevention in 1994. His educational programs and lectures have reached over one million people throughout North America.

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James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. He has published many volumes on the Civil War, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Battle Cry of Freedom, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, and For Cause and Comrades, which won the Lincoln Prize.

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Susan McPherson is a serial connector, seasoned communicator, and founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, a communications consultancy focused on the intersection of brands and social impact. She has appeared on NPR and CNN, and has been featured in USA Today, the New Yorker, New York magazine, and the Los Angeles Times.

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Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School, her alma mater, where she teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, and data privacy. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and a cohost of the podcast #SistersInLaw.

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John McQuaid's journalism has appeared in Smithsonian magazine, the Washington Post, Wired, forbes.com, and EatingWell magazine. His work has won a Pulitzer Prize, as well as awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. John is a graduate of Yale. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Daven McQueen graduated from Brown University, where she earned a BA in literary arts and economics. Her works on Wattpad include December, Beautiful Dreamer, and Superior, which received a Watty Award for Science Fiction. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her cat, and works in education.

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Army veteran Hildie McQueen grew up in California and has lived in South Carolina, Germany, Texas, and Hawaii. She currently resides in sunny Georgia, USA, with her husband and three dogs. Learn more at hildiemcqueen.com.

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Elizabeth Gillespie McRae is an associate professor of history and director of graduate social science education programs at Western Carolina University.

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Richard L. McReynolds is respected throughout Texas as an illustrator of stone artifacts. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.

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Larry McShane is a thirty-five-year veteran city reporter, currently with the New York Daily News. The award-winning Seton Hall University graduate was a two-time AP New York State Staffer of the Year. He is the author of Cops Under Fire and Chin: The Life and Crimes of Mafia Boss Vincent Gigante.

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Melissa McShane is the author of Emissary, The Smoke-Scented Girl, and the novels of Tremontane: Servant of the Crown, Rider of the Crown, and Agent of the Crown. Her love of reading stayed with her after she settled with her family in Utah and grew into a love of writing, first critical essays and reviews, then fiction.

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