Joseph T. Shipley is the author of the highly acclaimed In Praise of English as well as twenty-six other books, including The Quest for Literature, Dictionary of Word Origins, and Dictionary of Early English.

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Pat Shipman is an anthropologist and a retired adjunct professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of several books, including The Animal Connection, The Man Who Found the Missing Link, and Taking Wing, which won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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James D. Shipman is the bestselling author of historical fiction, including the acclaimed novels Irena's War, Beyond the Wire, Task Force Baum, and Before the Storm. Please visit him online at james-shipman.com.

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Liz Shipton is a freelance writer, author, and full-time, off-grid liveaboard sailor. She's currently sailing around the world with her boyfriend and dog, turning her real-life adventures into speculative fiction.

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Jennifer Shirk is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of sweet (and sometimes even funny) romances. Her novel, Fiancé By Fate—a 2015 Readers' Crown Finalist—became an Amazon #1 best seller for Series Romance, and Wrong Brother, Right Match won the Sweet Traditional category of the 2017 Golden Quill Contest.

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Susan L. Shirk is director of the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and professor at UC-San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. A leading authority on China, she has has written numerous books and articles on this subject.

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Clay Shirky teaches at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University, where he researches the interrelated effects of our social and technological networks.

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John Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts, screenplays, lyrics, poetry, songs, and nonfiction. More than forty of his novels have been published and many of his short stories have been compiled in eight short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others.

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Craig Shirley is a New York Times bestselling author, presidential historian, and Ronald Reagan biographer. He has written eleven books, including six on Reagan. His book Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother won the People's Choice Award from the Library of Virginia.

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Jordan Shiveley is the author of the Dread Singles (@hottestsingles) Twitter account. Their work has been seen in a variety of short fiction venues such as The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 15 Nightmare Magazine, Voidjunk, Baffling (Neon Hemlock), and tabletop roleplaying games. They live and work in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Elyezer Shkedy was the fifteenth commander of the Israeli Air Force. After retiring, Shkedy became the CEO of the Israeli flag carrier airline El Al. Today, he volunteers as chairman and leader of over fifteen educational and social non-governmental organizations, and is the president of I Belong Israel.

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Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad and grew up in Israel. He is now a professor of international relations at St Antony's College, Oxford. His books include the critically acclaimed The Iron Wall and he writes regularly for the Guardian, Middle East Eye, and other outlets.

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