S. T. Bende is the author of several YA Norse fantasy series (Viking Academy, Ære Saga, Elsker Saga, and Alfheim Academy), and children's books for the Star Wars franchise. An experienced IP writer, she has also written multiple books published by Disney-Lucasfilm Press and its licensees. Visit her online at stbende.com.

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Thomas Bender is University Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at New York University. He is the author of A Nation Among Nations: America’s Place in World History and New York Intellect. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Aimee Bender is the author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, which was a New York Times Notable Book, and Willful Creatures, which was nominated by the Believer as one of the best books of the year.

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Elmer Bendiner enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941. He served as navigator on Tondelayo, a B-17 "Flying Fortress," and was awarded the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with three oak-leaf clusters. After the war he worked as a journalist and author. He died on September 16, 2001.

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Ruth Benedict (1887–1948) was one of the twentieth century's foremost anthropologists and helped to shape the discipline in the United States and around the world. She was a student and colleague of Franz Boas at Columbia, where she taught from 1924. Her contributions to the field of cultural anthropology are cited today.

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Laura Benedict is the Edgar- and ITW Thriller Award- nominated author of seven novels of suspense, including the forthcoming The Stranger Inside. Her Bliss House gothic trilogy includes: The Abandoned Heart, Charlotte's Story, and Bliss House.

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Daphne Benedis-Grab is the author of the middle-grade thrillers I Know Your Secret, I Know You're Lying, and I Will Find You. She is a school librarian and gets to hang out with kids and books all day (she is a very lucky person!). Visit her at daphnebg.com.

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William Benemann is the author of A Year of Mud and Gold: San Francisco in Letters and Diaries, 1849–1850, Male–Male Intimacy in Early America: Beyond Romantic Friendships, and Men in Eden: William Drummond Stewart and Same–Sex Desire in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade.

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Ross Benes is a journalist, market research analyst, and author. His writing has appeared in Esquire and the Wall Street Journal, among others. His books include Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold and Turned On: A Mind-Blowing Investigation into How Sex Has Shaped Our World.

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Gregory Benford is a physicist, educator, and author. He received a BS from the University of Oklahoma and a PhD from the University of California, San Diego. Benford is a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine, where he has been a faculty member since 1971.

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William Bengston, PhD, is a professor of sociology at St. Joseph's College in New York and author of The Energy Cure. Visit him at bengstonresearch.com.

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Vered Benhorin, LCAT, is a music therapist, psychotherapist, mom of three, and the creator of Baby in Tune, a program for parents. Her writing has been featured on Today's Parent, Mother.ly, Scary Mommy, and the Huffington Post. She lives with her family in New Jersey.

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