Mari Mancusi used to wish she could become a vampire back in high school. But she ended up in another blood-sucking profession—journalism—instead. Today she works as a freelance TV producer and author of books for teens and adults.

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Stefano Mancuso is one of the world's leading authorities in the field of plant neurobiology, which explores signaling and communication at all levels of biological organization. He is a professor at the University of Florence and has published more than 250 scientific papers in international journals.

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Jared Mandani is the author of several LitRPG novels, including The Alchemist of Aetheria, the World of Samar series, and the Eternal War Online series. Aside from reading and writing, Jared is a fierce baseball practitioner and a lover of husky dogs.

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Pam Mandel launched her career as a travel writer with a blog, Nerd's Eye View. She's since had her stories published by AFAR, Lonely Planet, AAA, Seattle Met, Sunset, and across the web. She's been to all seven continents. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with a rescue dog named Harley and too many ukuleles.

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Abby Adler Mandel, PhD, is an assistant professor in psychology at the Catholic University of America and adjunct faculty at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Her areas of research and clinical expertise include depression, anxiety, suicide prevention, and cognitive behavior therapy.

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Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is the author of eighteen books, including Mission Failure, The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy, and That Used to Be Us.

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Lee Mandelo is a writer, critic, and occasional editor whose fields of interest include speculative and queer fiction. His debut novel, Summer Sons, which has been featured in NPR and the Chicago Review of Books, is a contemporary Southern gothic dealing with queer masculinity, fast cars, and ugly inheritances.

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Christina Mandelski has a fondness for the beach, her family, and good books. She loves to read, travel, shop, go for long walks, and obsessively watch Top Chef. When she's not doing those things, she can be found in a comfy chair with her laptop, working on the next book.

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An Emmy and Peabody Award-winner, Evan Mandery is a professor at the City University of New York. He has written for the New York Times and Politico and has appeared on The Today Show, CNN, and NPR's Fresh Air.

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Rebecca C. Mandeville is a licensed clinician and researcher, Certified Complex Trauma Treatment Professional, and Family Scapegoat expert whose pioneering research on the abusive aspects of family scapegoating is recognized in clinical and academic settings worldwide.

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Steven G. Mandis is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. He also teaches at Columbia's Masters of Sports Management Program. His previous award-winning book is What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider's Story of Organizational Drift and its Unintended Consequences.

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John Mandrola, MD, is a cardiac electrophysiologist in Louisville, Kentucky, and is himself an active cyclist who had atrial fibrillation.

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