Victoria Abbott is a pseudonym of writing team Victoria and Mary Jane Maffini. Victoria is an artist, photographer, and short story writer. Mary Jane is an award-winning author whose many honors include the 2012 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Amateur Sleuth, three Arthur Ellis Awards, and an Agatha Award.

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Allan Abbott is cofounder of Abbott & Hast Mortuary, Inc., Southern California's leading funeral home and mortuary service company.

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Greg Abbott is the former managing editor of Abbott & Hast Publications, the publishers of Mortuary Management magazine.

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Allyson K. Abbott is a pseudonym used by Beth Amos, author of the suspense novels Cold White Fury, Eyes of Night, Second Sight, Nick of Time, and Face of Death.

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S. T. Abby is a bestselling author of romance novels, best known for writing the Mindf*ck series. She wrote under other names that include C. M. Owens and Kristy Cunning. She died in 2021.

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Eman Abdelhadi is an academic, activist, and artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her research as faculty at the University of Chicago focuses on gender differences in the community trajectories of Muslim Americans. Abdelhadi maintains an active creative practice that includes performance art and essay and poetry writing.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is recognized by Sports Illustrated and Time magazine as history's greatest basketball player.

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Shana Abé is the award-winning, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the Sweetest Dark series and the Drákon series. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern California, and currently lives in the mountains of Colorado.

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Colet Abedi is an American Iranian bestselling author, and a television and film producer. She was born in Virginia and lives in Los Angeles. When she's not writing, she's either off on an adventure in a far-off land or planning her next getaway. She writes contemporary romance, and young adult and women's fiction.

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Rosalind Abel grew up tending chickens alongside her sweet and faithful Chow, Lord Elgin. While her fantasy of writing novels was born during her teen years, she never would have dreamed she'd one day publish steamy romances about gorgeous men. However, sometimes life turns out better than planned.

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John D. Aber is university professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of New Hampshire, where he also served as vice president for research and as provost. He lives in Durham, New Hampshire.

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Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer best known for his acclaimed First Law Trilogy: The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, and Last Argument of Kings.

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