Ginny Yurich is a homeschooling mother of five and founder of 1000 Hours Outside, a global movement designed to reclaim childhood. Along with her husband, Josh, Ginny is a full-time creator and curator of the 1000 Hours Outside lifestyle brand, which includes a robust online store, an app, and books.

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Nicolás Yunes is professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and founding director of the Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe. Before joining Illinois, he was an associate professor at Montana State University, where he cofounded the eXtreme Gravity Institute.

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Erin Yun received her BFA in English from New York University and is currently pursuing her Masters in creative writing at Cambridge. Erin is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She developed the Pippa Park Author Program, an interactive writing workshop.

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Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of the nationally bestselling novel The Small Backs of Children (winner of the 2016 Ken Kesey Award for Fiction and the Reader's Choice Award), the novel Dora: A Headcase, and three books of short fiction. She lives in Oregon with her husband, Andy Mingo, and their son, Miles.

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Ovidia Yu has had more than thirty plays produced and is also the author of a number of mysteries. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Iowa's International Writers Program and has been a writing fellow at the National University of Singapore.

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Catherine Yu writes dark speculative fiction. She was born in Nanjing and is now based in New York. She is a graduate of Odyssey Writing Workshop. Direwood is her debut novel.

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Jennifer Yu is the author of Four Weeks, Five People, and Imagine Us Happy. When not writing, you can find her weeping intermittently about the Boston Celtics, photos of the Earth from outer space, and the etymology of the word disaster.

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Lea Ypi is a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics, and a prominent left-wing voice in Europe. She lives in London and contributes regularly to the Guardian.

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Brenna Yovanoff is the New York Times bestselling author of many works of short fiction and novels, including The Replacement, The Space Between, and Paper Valentine. She also coauthored The Curiosities with Maggie Stiefvater and Tessa Gratton. Brenna lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit her at brennayovanoff.com.

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Michael Youssef is the founder and president of Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef and founding pastor of The Church of The Apostles in Atlanta, Georgia. The author of Life-Changing Prayers and Counting Stars in an Empty Sky, Youssef lives with his wife in Atlanta.

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John Youskauskas is a commercial pilot for a major fractional jet operator with more than thirty years of experience in flight operations, aviation safety, and maintenance.

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William H. Youngs, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in clinical neuropsychology. He has been a clinical neuropsychologist with Memorial Hospital of South Bend for twenty-five years, and a visiting assistant professor of psychology at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana.

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