Patrick Blanchfield is a freelance writer and associate faculty at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. He is the author of Gunpower: The Structure of American Violence.

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N. Isabelle Blanco is the Amazon bestselling author of the Allure series, the Need series with K. I. Lynn, and many others. Nowadays, N. spends most of her days surviving the crazy New York rush and arguing with her characters every ten minutes or so, all in the hopes of one day getting them under control.

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An accomplished author, playwright, and educator, Richard Blanco has published several volumes of acclaimed poetry. He is a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, a recipient of several honorary doctorates, and a dynamic speaker supporting diversity, the LGBTQ+ community, immigration, cultural exchange, and poetry education.

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Michael Blanding is a Boston-based investigative journalist whose work has appeared in the Nation, the New Republic, Slate, the Boston Globe Magazine, and Boston. He is currently a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University and the author of The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink.

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Arthur Blank is a businessman, philanthropist, and owner of the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League.

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Tim Blanning is professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of the British Academy, and the author and editor of numerous books on European history. He appears regularly on BBC Radio in England.

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Michael Blastland is a writer and broadcaster. He is the author of The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life, and the coauthor of The Norm Chronicles.

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Chris Blatchford is an investigative reporter and the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller Three Dog Nightmare.

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Barbara Blatchley is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Agnes Scott College. Her research focuses on auditory sensory physiology, and she is the author of Statistics in Context and What Are the Chances?

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Ben Blatt, a former staff writer for Slate and the Harvard Lampoon, has brought his fun approach to data journalism to topics such as Seinfeld, mapmaking, The Beatles, and Jeopardy! He is also coauthor, with Eric Brewster, of I Don't Care If We Never Get Back.

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William Peter Blatty (1928–2017) wrote numerous novels and screenplays, and is best known for his mega-bestselling novel The Exorcist. He won three Golden Globes, as well as the Academy Award for his screenplay of The Exorcist.

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