A multiple Carol and RITA Award nominee, Kathleen Y'Barbo is the bestselling author of more than eighty novels with almost two million copies in print in the U.S. and abroad. Visit her at kathleenybarbo.com.

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Don Yaeger is a former associate editor for Sports Illustrated.

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Boaz Yakin is an award-winning screenwriter and director. He wrote the screenplay for Fresh and The Rookie, and he directed the feature film Remember the Titans.

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Irvin D. Yalom is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and a psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco. He is the author of many books, including Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, The Gift of Therapy, and When Nietzsche Wept.

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Futaro Yamada is the pen name of Seiya Yamada. He was born in 1922 in Japan and graduated from the faculty of medicine at Tokyo University. He made his authorial debut in 1947 with the short story "The Incident at the Dharma Pass" and went on to write over a hundred novels and short stories. He died in 2001.

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Eric K. Yamamoto is the Fred T. Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii. He is nationally and internationally recognized for his legal work and scholarship on civil procedure as well as national security, civil liberties, and social justice.

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Zahabiyah A. Yamasaki, MEd, RYT, is the founder of Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga. Her trauma-informed yoga curriculum is implemented widely across the country. Learn more about her work at zabieyamasaki.com and on Instagram at @transcending_trauma_with_yoga.

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Candice Pedraza Yamnitz taught in a dual-language elementary classroom for years until she decided to stay at home, teaching a crew of imaginative children. In between reading lessons and converting cardboard boxes into pirate ships, she writes YA novels with a Latin twist.

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Kanata Yanagino is the author of the Faraway Paladin series.

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Cathy Yandell is a professor at Carleton College, teaching courses in French Renaissance literature and culture, contemporary cultural and political issues in France, and the French language. Having published articles on writers from Louise Labé to Montaigne, she has also authored, edited, and coedited several books.

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Jonathan Yanez is a writer, husband, and father. He is the author of the Edge of Ruin and the Gateway to the Galaxy series.

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Dali L. Yang is the William C. Reavis Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Yang's research primarily focuses on China's development, governance, and global influence. He has authored several notable books, including Calamity and Reform in China and Remaking the Chinese Leviathan.

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