USA Today bestselling author Sarah Ballance and her husband of what he calls "many long, long years" live on the mid-Atlantic coast with their six young children. While she entertains a love of all genres, you're most likely to find her immersed in the utter deliciousness that is sexy contemporary romance.

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New Zealand–born fantasy writer and podcaster Pip Ballantine is the author of the Books of the Order and the Shifted World series. She is the recipient of many honors, including an Airship, a Parsec, and a Sir Julius Vogel Award.

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New Zealand born fantasy writer and podcaster Philippa (Pip) Ballantine is the author of the Books of the Order and the Shifted World series. She is also the co-author, with her husband Tee Morris, of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novels. In addition to his work as a fantasist, Morris is also a social media pioneer and the author of Podcasting for Dummies and All a Twitter.

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Jane C. Ballantyne is board certified anesthesiologist at UW Medical Center and a UW professor (retired) of anesthesiology and pain medicine and director of the UW pain fellowship.

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Katherine J. Ballantyne is a senior lecturer in American history at Liverpool John Moores University.

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Chris Ballard, the author of The Art of a Beautiful Game, The Butterfly Hunter, and Hoops Nation, is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated.

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H. Byron Ballard is a western North Carolina native, teacher, folklorist, and writer. She serves as senior priestess and cofounder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions/CERES. She writes a regular column for SageWoman magazine. Find her at www.myvillagewitch.com.

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Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill is professor emeritus of psychology at Brigham Young University and the last director of its Women's Research Institute. She is a fellow in both the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. Her research focuses on interpersonal violence and peace.

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Stacey Ballis is the author of several novels, including Inappropriate Men, Sleeping Over, Room for Improvement, The Spinster Sisters, and Good Enough to Eat.

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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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