Jessica Westhead is the author of the novels Pulpy & Midge and Worry, and the critically acclaimed short story collections And Also Sharks and Things Not to Do. And Also Sharks was a Globe & Mail Top 100 Book, one of Kobo's Best E-books of 2011, and a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Short Fiction Prize.

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Los Angeles native and award-winning author Jeri Westerson writes the critically acclaimed Crispin Guest Medieval Noir Mysteries, historical novels, paranormal novels, and LGBTQ mysteries. To date, her medieval mysteries have garnered thirteen industry award nominations, from the Agatha to the Shamus.

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Bruce Western is professor of sociology at Harvard University. He is the author of Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison and Punishment and Inequality in America.

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Jan Westerhoff has taught philosophy at the Universities of Oxford and Durham and is presently professor of Buddhist philosophy at the University of Oxford, a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and a research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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Donald A. Westbrook has taught at UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, Fuller Seminary, and is affiliated with the Faculty for the Comparative Study of Religion and Humanism (FVG) in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Robert Westbrook is a writer and jazz pianist in Taos, New Mexico. His Howard Moon Deer mysteries include Red Moon, Ghost Dancer, and Warrior Circle.

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Joslyn Westbrook is the author of the Razzle My Dazzle series and the Delectables in the City series. She lives in sunny California with her husband and children. Visit her at joslynwestbrook.com.

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Kim West, MSW, is a mom of two who has been a practicing child and family social worker for over twenty-five years. She has personally helped over twenty thousand families all over the world gently teach their children how to fall asleep—and fall back asleep without leaving them to cry it out alone.

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William H. West, MD, received a BA from Harvard College, an MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and completed his training in cancer medicine as a fellow and Senior Investigator at the national Cancer Institute. He is founder emeritus of the West Cancer Center & Research Institute in Paris, Tennessee.

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Rebecca West (1892-1983) was born Cicily Isabel Fairfield in County Kerry, Ireland, and raised in Edinburgh. A fearsome critic, she wrote novels, reportage, history, and political analysis. As a skeptic of the Russian Revolution, West alienated many on both Left and Right; she was known for her wit and force of will.

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Lilian West has worn many hats—attorney, magazine editor, freelance writer, and author—and has found a way to combine her legal and writing backgrounds into a communications career while pondering her next novel.

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Shannon West lives with her husband, two crazy dogs, and two very spoiled cats in the south. She likes to travel and read and write pretty much constantly. Shannon loves writing M/M erotic romance and loves to hear from her readers. Her books have also been published in French, Italian, and Japanese.

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