Anna Sewell (1820–1878) was born in England and was crippled at a young age. Her sole publication is Black Beauty.

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Becca Seymour lives and breathes all things book related. Usually with at least three books being read and two works in progress being written at the same time, life is merrily hectic. Becca lives in Queensland, Australia, with her family. Visit her at beccaseymour.com.

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Miranda Seymour is a British biographer whose acclaimed books include biographies of Jean Rhys, Lord Byron's wife and daughter, Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace; Mary Shelley; and Ottoline Morrell. She lives in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Richard Seymour is a writer and broadcaster from Northern Ireland and the author of numerous books about politics, including Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics and The Twittering Machine.

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Michael Sfard, Israel's leading human rights lawyer, was educated at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and University College, London. A former conscientious objector, he received the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award and an Open Society Fellowship. He lives in Tel Aviv.

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Rachel Shabi is an award-winning journalist and contributing editor for the Guardian. She has also written for the New York Times, Independent, New Statesman, Al Jazeera, and the Times. In 2011 she was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Journalism and her book Not the Enemy won a National Jewish Book Award.

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Tom Shachtman has written or coauthored more than thirty-five books, including Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries, Rumspringa, and Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold. He has also written documentaries for ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, and the BBC.

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Susan Shackelford runs her own writing and editing business and is the author of Hoops and Heroes: The Inspiring History of Army West Point Women's Basketball. She is a former sportswriter at the Miami Herald and the Charlotte Observer. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) was a junior officer under Robert Falcon Scott during the 1901–1904 expedition to the South Pole. His expedition on the whaler Nimrod in 1907 earned him a knighthood.

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Rich C. Shadden has served as a pastor for over ten years. He continues pastoring and training pastors through the local church pastoral residency at Audubon Park Baptist Church and through Bethlehem College & Seminary, Memphis location, where he teaches as an adjunct professor. He is coauthor of Shepherding the Pastor.

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A voracious reader since she sounded out her first word, S. M. Shade started writing as a teenager and rediscovered her love of writing as an adult. Originally from Indianapolis, she now lives in a small Kentucky town with her college age son.

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A recipient of the Bronze Star and an Army Commendation Medal with Valor, Darren Shadix served in the U.S. Army for seven years. He fought in Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in Operation Enduring Freedom VIII. Visit him at darrenshadix.com.

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