Romantic suspense author Lisa Marie Rice is known for crafting stories full of passion, danger, adventure, and love. Among her books are the Dangerous series, the Midnight series, and the stand-alone titles A Fine Specimen, The Italian, and Woman on the Run.

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Noted historian Otis K. Rice (1919–2003) is the author or coauthor of several published works, including West Virginia: A History, The Mountain State: An Introduction to West Virginia, and Frontier Kentucky.

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Isolina Ricci, PhD, whose breakthrough work resulted in Mom's House, Dad's House, is an internationally renowned family expert, lecturer, award-winning mediator, and licensed family therapist who divides her time between consulting for family courts and working directly with families.

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Ricky Riccardi is director of research collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum, and author of What a Wonderful World and Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong. In 2022, he won a GRAMMY Award for Best Album Notes for The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Studio Sessions 1946-1966.

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Matthieu Ricard received a PhD in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in 1972 before departing his native France to study Buddhism in the Himalayas, eventually becoming a monk of the Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. His many books include Altruism, Happiness, and The Monk and the Philosopher.

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Mark Ribowsky has authored over thirty-five acclaimed books about some of the most significant figures in popular culture, including Phil Spector, The Temptations, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, among others. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, People, and High Times.

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Djamila Ribeiro is a philosopher, essayist, editor, and one of the most influential leaders in the Afro-Brazilian women's rights movement.

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Nelson Ribeiro is associate professor of communication studies at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon. His research focuses on media history, and particularly on international broadcasting from the interwar period until the end of the Cold War.

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Nicholas V. Riasanovsky was professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Stella Rhys is an author of contemporary romance. Writing aside, she lives for coffee, the Yankees, and cooking recipes way out of her league. She was born and raised in New York and now lives there with her husband and charmingly entitled fur baby.

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Teresa J. Rhyne is a lawyer, writer, speaker, animal advocate, wine aficionado, and breast cancer survivor. She lives in Riverside, California, with her boyfriend, soul mate, and partner in all things, Chris Kern, and their two mischievous beagles. The four of them are actively planning to move to Paso Robles wine country one day. She is also a vegan.

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Alison Rhymes lives in the shadow of a Pacific Northwest Mountain, bordered by the Puget Sound, and not too far from the country roads she grew up on. When not writing, she can be found avidly reading, traveling with youthful wanderlust, or slowly turning the inside of her house into her own personal houseplant jungle.

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