Elizabeth R. Varon is Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia. She is the author of numerous award-winning books, including Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy.

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Jodi Varon is professor emeritus of writing and English at Eastern Oregon University, where she directed the low residency MFA in creative writing and served as editor-in-chief of basalt. She is the author of Drawing to an Inside Straight and her work has been published in the Northwest Review, Boulevard, New Letters.

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Frank P. Varney teaches United States and classical history at Dickinson State University of North Dakota, where he is also the director of the Theodore Roosevelt Honors Leadership Program. General Grant and the Verdict of History is his first book.

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Brandon Varnell is the author of the Executioner, American Kitsune, and Journey of a Betrayed Hero series, among other titles. Visit him at varnell-brandon.com.

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John Varley is the author of Slow Apocalypse, the Gaean Trilogy (Titan, Wizard, and Demon), Steel Beach, The Golden Globe, Red Thunder, Mammoth, Red Lightning, and Rolling Thunder. He has won both the Nebula and Hugo awards for his work.

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Dina Vargo has been a lover of history and tri-corn hats since dressing up as Betsy Ross for our nation's bicentennial. She is a volunteer tour guide for Boston By Foot, where she has developed an expertise in and giving "off-beat" walking tours. Dina is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

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Tabatha Vargo is the USA Today bestselling author of several novels, including On the Plus Side and Wicked Fate. She lives in South Carolina.

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Yesenia Vargas is the author of several young adult romance books, including the #BestFriendsForever series. In 2013, she graduated from the University of Georgia, the first in her family to go to college. Yesenia lives in Georgia with her husband and two precious little girls.

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Robert E. Vardeman is the author of more than fifty fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Mechwarrior: Dark Age series, the Demon Crown Trilogy, the Cenotaph Road series, and the Star Trek novel Mutiny on the Enterprise.

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Vauhini Vara has been a reporter and editor for the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and the New York Times Magazine, and is the prize-winning author of The Immortal King Rao. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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John Vanzo is a former defense program analyst. He teaches political science and geography at Bainbridge College in Georgia.

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Aaron Vansintjan lives in Montreal and writes about food, cities, politics, and ecology. He is the cofounder of Uneven Earth, a website focusing on ecological politics. He has been published in the Guardian, Briarpatch magazine, Red Pepper, Truthout, Open Democracy, and the Ecologist.

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