Corie Adjmi is the bestselling, award-winning author of The Marriage Box and the short story collection Life and Other Shortcomings. Her essays and stories have appeared in dozens of publications, including HuffPost, North American Review, Indiana Review, Medium, Motherwell, and Kveller. Corie lives in New York City.

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Lesley Adkins, a historian and an archaeologist, is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. She is the author of Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon.

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Roy Adkins, a historian and archaeologist, is the author of numerous critically acclaimed nonfiction books on social and naval history, as well as on archaeology and the ancient world. His books, mostly written with his wife, Lesley Adkins, have been translated into several languages worldwide. He lives in England.

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Trace Adkins learned to play guitar at an early age and, after signing with Capitol Records, released seven solo albums.

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A. Z. Adkins, Jr. is the author of You Can't Get Much Closer Than This.

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Andrew Z. Adkins III spent four years in the U.S. Navy during the 70s, most of which was on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier as a Crash & Salvage firefighter and an aircraft director. After his honorable discharge, he became a firefighter while attending the local community college.

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Andrew Adleman, MA, is a writer and book editor in the greater Los Angeles area.

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Margot Adler (1946–2014) was a radio producer and journalist for many years, pioneering live, free-form talk shows on religion, politics, women's issues, and ecology. She also lectured on the subject of Paganism and Earth-centered traditions and led workshops on the art of ritual, celebration, and song.

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Chloe Adler is a paranormal romance/urban fantasy author living in Northern California. She's the author of the Distant Edge Romance series, the Tales From the Edge series, and more. Visit her at chloeadler.com.

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Jerry Adler is an American theater director, producer, and film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his films Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Public Eye, In Her Shoes, and Prime. His debut memoir Too Funny for Words reflects his long and diverse career.

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William M. Adler is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, and the Texas Observer. In addition to Land of Opportunity, he has written two other books of narrative nonfiction: Mollie's Job and The Man Who Never Died.

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Steven Adler—along with four uniquely talented but very complicated and demanding musicians—helped form Guns N' Roses. By the late 1980s, GN'R was the biggest rock band in the world, grabbing headlines and awards while selling out huge arenas.

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