Roxanne Ahern is a writer, homesteader, holistic nutritionist, and permaculture designer. She consults with clients on nutrition, edible gardening, homesteading, and farming.

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Ania Ahlborn is the bestselling author of the horror thrillers Brother, Within These Walls, The Bird Eater, The Shuddering, The Neighbors, and Seed, as well as the novella The Pretty Ones. Born in Ciechanów, Poland, she lives in South Carolina with her husband and their dog. Visit her at aniaahlborn.com.

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Amy Ahlers is the Wake-Up Call Coach and bestselling author of Big Fat Lies Women Tell Themselves. She is an internationally certified success coach and the CEO of Wake-Up Call Coaching. Amy has been a featured expert on TV and radio shows. She lives in Oakland, California, with her husband, daughter, and rescue mutt, Rocky Blue.

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Sara Ahmed is a feminist writer, scholar, and activist. She is the author of Willful Subjects, On Being Included, The Promise of Happiness, and Queer Phenomenology, all published by Duke University Press.

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Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of young adult novels, middle grade fantasy, and short stories. She has taught high school English in both the suburbs of Chicago and New York City, worked in education non-profits, and spent time on the road for political campaigns.

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Leila Ahmed is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. Her book, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America, won the Grawemeyer Award in Religion for 2012.

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Talitha Amadea Aho is a pastor at Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, California, where she is responsible for children's and youth programming. She has been in ministry to the young since she was old enough to qualify as a chaperone at PC(USA) camps and churches. She holds an MDiv and an MA in biblical studies.

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Born into a Cuban family who practiced Santeria, Palo, and Brujeria, Miss Aida has always been surrounded by the practice of magic. She is a natural-born medium and a Hoodoo practitioner, and has received many initiations in Santeria and Palo. Visit her at missaida.com.

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Thomas Aiello is professor of history at Valdosta State University and specializes in African American history. He is the author of several books, including The Art of Deliberate Disunity: The Life and Times of Louis E. Lomax.

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New York Times bestselling author G. A. Aiken lives on the West Coast and is the creator of the Dragon Kin series. When she's not writing about sexy dragons, she's writing about sexy wolves, lions, tigers, and other fang-filled predators under the name Shelly Laurenston. Visit her at gaaiken.com.

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Chris Aiken, MD, is the director of the Mood Treatment Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and an instructor at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He is active in medical research and has published on the treatment and diagnosis of mood disorders.

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Jane Aikin served as director of the Research Division at the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her publications include The Nation's Great Library: Herbert Putnam and the Library of Congress, 1899–1939 and, as coeditor, Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress: For Congress, the Nation & the World.

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