Bradford Bates is a full-time author, husband to an incredible wife, and father to four furry rescue dogs. He lives in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, trying not to melt in the oppressive heat of the summer. When he isn't busy writing the next book, you can find him playing video games and watching scary movies.

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Laura Bates is an English professor at Indiana State University, where she has taught courses on Shakespeare for the past 15 years to students on campus and in prison. Her work has been featured in national media, including MSNBC's Lock Up. Laura lives in Indiana.

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Mary Catherine Bateson, the Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English at George Mason University from 1987 to 2002,is the author of Composing a Life; Full Circles, Overlapping Lives; and Willing to Learn.

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Candice Batista is an award-winning environmental journalist and revered eco-living authority. She is the proud founder and owner of The Eco Hub, a leading online destination and resource for all things sustainability.

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F. Batmanghelidj, M.D., is an internationally renowned researcher, author, and advocate of the natural healing power of water.

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Matthew Batt's writing has been featured in the New York Times, Outside Magazine, the Huffington Post, Tin House, and more. The recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the McKnight Foundation, and the Aspen Writers' Institute, he teaches creative writing and English at the University of St. Thomas.

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Edwin L. Battistella teaches linguistics and writing at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, where he has served as a dean and as interim provost. His books include Bad Language: Are Some Words Better than Others? and Sorry About That: The Language of Public Apology.

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Kate Battistelli is an author, speaker, and former actress/singer in the New York Broadway musical world. Kate's goal is to see you be all God has created you to be, and she truly believes each of us is here to change the world. It's how she raised her only child and it's her primary purpose in writing The God Dare.



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Matthew Battles is the author of Library: An Unquiet History and a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. He has written about the cultural dimensions of science and technology for such venues as the Atlantic, the Boston Globe, Harper's Magazine, and the Wilson Quarterly.

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Miles Batty has studied witchcraft since 1974 and became an ordained Wiccan clergy member in 2001. He has served as a coven high priest and is well known in the United States and United Kingdom.

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Richard Bauckham is senior scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He is also a visiting professor at St. Mellitus College, London, and emeritus professor of New Testament at the University of St. Andrews. Bauckham is the author of numerous books, including The Christian World around the New Testament and Gospel of Glory.

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Donald H. Baucom, PhD, is Richard Lee Simpson Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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