Tom Smith is a principal and cofounder, with Roger Connors, of Partners in Leadership, Inc., and coauthor of the bestsellers The Oz Principle and Journey to the Emerald City.

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Clayton Smith is the author of the novels Anomaly Flats, Na Akua, and Mabel Gray and the Wizard Who Swallowed the Sun, as well as the short story collections It Came from Anomaly Flats and Pants on Fire: A Collection of Lies.

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Michael Smith is the bestselling author of a wide variety of books on spies and special forces. He served in British military intelligence before becoming an award-winning journalist, working for the BBC, the Daily Telegraph, and the Sunday Times.

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Lauren Smith is an Oklahoma attorney by day and USA Today bestselling author by night who pens adventurous and edgy romance stories. Her novels have garnered multiple awards, including the New England Readers' Choice Award and the Greater Detroit Booksellers' Best Award. Find out more at laurensmithbooks.com.

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Though he primarily considered himself a poet, Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961) is widely considered a master of the fantasy, horror, and science fiction short story. He is perhaps best known as one of the "Big Three" of weird tales, along with H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.

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Larry Smith is founder and editor of the personal storytelling community SMITH Magazine, the creator of the Six-Word Memoir project. He is also a contributing editor at ESPN Magazine and has been the articles editor of Men's Journal, a founding editor of P.O.V., and editor at Dave Eggers' Might magazine. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, Men's Health, Salon, Slate, and elsewhere.

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Jennifer L. Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of Lessons from Madame Chic and creator of the blog The Daily Connoisseur. She is a contributing writer for Huffington Post Style and has been featured on CNN, BBC, and CBS News. Jennifer lives in Santa Monica, California.

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David A. Smith is a senior lecturer in American history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He received his undergraduate degree from what is now Texas State University in San Marcos and his PhD in modern American history from the University of Missouri. He lives in Woodway, Texas, with his wife and children.

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Andrew Smith is the award-winning author of several novels, including the critically acclaimed Grasshopper Jungle, Winger, Ghost Medicine. He spent most of his formative years traveling the world. He has published numerous short stories and articles. Andrew lives in California.

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James M. Smith is the director of the US Air Force Institute for National Security Studies at the US Air Force Academy, where he serves as a professor of strategic studies. He has published on strategic issues, terrorism, and military leader development.

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Helmut Walser Smith is the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the author of the acclaimed The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Learn more at helmutwalsersmith.com.

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Leonard Smith is a member of the mathematics faculty in Oxford and lectures on nonlinear dynamical systems and chaos.

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