Richard Balls is a writer and journalist. His books include Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll: The Life of Ian Dury and Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story.

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Randall Balmer is John Phillips Professor in Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. He is the author of several books, including Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory and God in the White House.

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Cyn Balog is an author of nine YA novels and ghostwriter of hundreds of novels for many popular authors. She lives outside Allentown, Pennsylvania, with her husband and daughters. Visit her online at cynbalog.com.

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Mary Balogh has written more than one hundred historical novels and novellas, of which almost forty have been New York Times bestsellers. They include the Bedwyn saga, the Simply quartet, the Huxtable quintet, and the seven-part Survivors' Club series. A former teacher, she lives in Canada with her husband.

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Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (1877–1964) was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. She became the Duchess of Marlborough on her marriage to the ninth Duke of Marlborough in 1895.

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A well-known illustrator and storyteller, Deepa Balsavar has created more than thirty award-winning children's books. Balsavar is an adjunct professor at IDC, the Design School, IIT Bombay. Visit them online at himalayanclub.org.

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Brandon Baltzley is a Louisiana-born, low-country raised, nomadic chef, musician, and writer who has been steadily making long-lasting impressions everywhere he decides to plate a dish.

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Brad Balukjian is director of the Natural History and Sustainability Program and teaches biology at Merritt College in Oakland, California. He is also a freelance writer and has published articles in Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, and National Geographic.

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Dan Balz, chief correspondent at the Washington Post, is coauthor of Storming the Gates and the New York Times bestseller The Battle for America 2008.

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Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French journalist and writer and is considered one of the creators of realism in literature. Balzac's huge production of novels and short stories are collected under the name La Comédie Humaine.

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Marco Balzano was born in 1978 in Milan, where he lives and works as a high school teacher. In addition to essays and poetry collections, he has written several award-winning novels, including I'm Staying Here.

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Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995) is the award-winning author of the short story collections Gorilla My Love and Seabirds Are Still Alive, and the novel The Salt Eaters, which won the American Book Award. Her works also include Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions and Those Bones Are Not My Child, both published posthumously.

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