Kristin Mayer is a wife, a proud mother, and a full-time analyst and import manager who holds a degree in international business. Since an early age, she has always enjoyed reading and writing, and she is the author of the Trust series. Visit Kristin at authorkristinmayer.com.

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Milton Mayer (1908–1986) was a journalist, educator, and author. A conscientious objector during World War II, he traveled to Germany and lived with German families after the war. Those experiences informed They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933–45.

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Robert H. Mayer is the award-winning author of When the Children Marched: The Birmingham Civil Rights Movement and editor of The Civil Rights Act of 1964. His time spent in Mississippi, as well as meeting scholars and activists integral to the civil rights movement, fueled his desire to write In the Name of Emmett Till.

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Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, PhD, was an internationally known psychoanalyst, researcher, and clinician, the author of groundbreaking papers on female development, the nature of science, and intuition, and the author of Extraordinary Knowing.

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Keith A. Mayes is associate professor in African American and African studies and faculty affiliate in sociocultural studies in education at the University of Minnesota. He is author of Kwanzaa: Black Power and the Making of the African American Holiday Tradition.

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Sara Mayeux is associate professor of law at Vanderbilt University.

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Jahmal Mayfield was born in Virginia but currently resides in New Jersey. In addition to writing crime fiction, he serves as the director of a nonprofit program that provides employment support to people with disabilities. Smoke Kings was inspired by Kimberly Jones's passionate viral video, "How can we win?"

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Melissa Mayhue is the author of the Warrior series and the Daughters of the Glen series. A RITA finalist, she is the recipient of several awards, including a Holt Medallion. Melissa lives in Colorado with her family. Visit her at melissamayhue.com.

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Peter Mayle is the author of fifteen books, nine of them novels, including the beloved bestseller A Year in Provence. A recipient of the Légion d'Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions, he lived in Provence with his wife, Jennie, for more than twenty-five years. Mayle died in 2018.

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Jacob Maymudes is a writer, director, and visual effects supervisor working for the Mill in Los Angeles, California.

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Victor Maymudes (1935–2001) was Bob Dylan's tour manager at the beginning of his musical career in the early 1960s. After a brief hiatus in New Mexico, Maymudes rejoined Dylan as his tour manager from 1986 to 1996.

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Joyce Maynard is the author of several books including, the novels To Die For and Labor Day (both adapted for film) and the bestselling memoir At Home in the World. Her essays and columns have appeared in dozens of publications and numerous collections. She is the founder of the Lake Atitlan Writers' Workshop. Visit her at joycemaynard.com.

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