Bruce C. Birch is dean emeritus of Wesley Theological Seminary, where he served thirty-eight years as professor of Old Testament and twelve years as academic dean. His books and articles range from scholarly works to publications aimed at enriching the life of the church for clergy and laity.

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Kate Jarvik Birch is a visual artist, author, playwright, daydreamer, and professional procrastinator. Her essays and short stories have been published in such literary journals as Indiana Review and Saint Ann's Review. Kate lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and three kids. Visit her at katejarvikbirch.com.

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Joseph Birchall is the author of a memoir, Kibbutz; two novels, Surviving Michael and The Reluctant Millionaire; and a novella, Lauren & Joey. Visit him at josephbirchall.com.

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Fred A. Birchmore (1911–2012) also completed a twelve-thousand-mile trip around North America, and a four-thousand-mile trip through Europe. In addition, he completed a number of long-distance hikes. These experiences are chronicled in Birchmore's other memoir, Miracles in My Life.

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Stephanie Rose Bird holds a BFA cum laude from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, and an MFA from the University of California at San Diego. Bird works as an artist, herbalist, and aromatherapist. She is co-owner of SRB Botanica with her daughter.

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Hannah Bird's accolades include a second grade teacher who said her story about bats had "very good potential" and enough accelerated reading medals to sink a body at sea. Her goals in life are to write novels that will make you cry and to check everything off the bucket list she wrote at seventeen.

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Michael F. Bird is academic dean and lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. Michael is an ordained Anglican priest and author of over thirty books on the Bible, theology, and history. Among them are Introducing Paul, Jesus is the Christ, and with N. T. Wright, The New Testament in its World.

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John Birdsall is a two-time James Beard Award–winning author, a former food critic, and longtime restaurant cook. He is coauthor of a cookbook, Hawker Fare, with James Syhabout. He lives in Tucson.

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J. E. Birk was raised in Vermont and is now adulting in Colorado with intermittent success. She is a long-time lover of stories, and she writes and reads in worlds where imperfect characters find their happily ever after.

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Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning journalist and the author of A Beautiful Child and A Deadly Secret: The Strange Disappearance of Kathie Durst.

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Emily Guy Birken is a finance writer who writes the "Live Like a Mensch" column for the Dollar Stretcher. She is also a contributor to Wise Bread, PT Money, Money Crashers, Yahoo! Finance, and Business Insider, as well as many other personal financial sites. She lives in Lafayette, Indiana.

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John Birmingham is the author of Without Warning, Final Impact, Designated Targets, Weapons of Choice, How to Be a Man, and Leviathan, which won the National Award for Nonfiction at Australia's Adelaide Festival of the Arts.

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