Rowan Altwood and Kelley York are a wife-and-wife writing duo in central California. They reside in Sacramento with their daughter, a German Shepherd, and a handful of cats and rats.

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Denise Alvarado was born and raised in the rich Creole culture of New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the author of numerous books, including The Magic of Marie Laveau and The Voodoo Doll Spellbook, and a teacher of Southern Conjure at Crossroads University. Visit her at creolemoon.com.

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Walter Alvarez is professor of geology and geophysics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Rafael Alvarez is a former city desk reporter for the Baltimore Sun and former writer for the HBO drama, The Wire. He is the author of many books of fiction and nonfiction.

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Sandy Alvarez is a romance author who cowrites with her sister Crystal Daniels. Together they are coauthors of the Kings of Retribution MC series and Keeping Denver.

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Anthony Alves is the author of the Blood and Qi series.

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Aaisha Alvi is a postpartum psychosis awareness advocate. She volunteers with various maternal mental health organizations, including Postpartum Support International.

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Liz Alvin has loved to read and write for as long as she can remember. Over the years, she has won numerous awards and writing contests. Her favorite stories to share are those with love, happy endings, and lots of humor.

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Brandon Alvis is a star of the A&E program Ghost Hunters. He has used his scientifically oriented techniques to investigate more than 200 public and private locations with his team, the American Paranormal Research Association. Visit him online at brandonjalvis.com.

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Jeff Alworth has been writing about beer and brewing for twenty years. He is the author of The Beer Bible, Cider Made Simple, and The Beer Tasting Toolkit. A columnist for All About Beer, he has written for a number of magazines and newspapers, and blogs about beer at his popular site, Beervana.

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Götz Aly is the author of Hitler's Beneficiaries and Why the Germans? Why the Jews?, among other books. One of the most respected historians of the Third Reich and the Holocaust, he has received the National Jewish Book Award, the Heinrich Mann Prize, and the Ludwig Börne Prize, among numerous other honors.

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Dima Alzayat is an award-winning author. Her stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Bristol Short Story Award Anthology, Bridport Prize Anthology, and Enizagam. She was born in Damascus, Syria, and now lives in Manchester, UK.

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