Tauseef Ali, MD, is a consultant gastroenterologist and inflammatory bowel disease specialist. He is an assistant clinical professor at University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. He is recognized internationally for his clinical work in the field of Crohn's and colitis.

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Shamash Alidina has been teaching mindfulness since 1998 and training mindfulness instructors since 2013. He holds a post-graduate certificate in teaching mindfulness-based approaches from Bangor University's Centre for Mindfulness, and is cofounder of the world's first Museum of Happiness, headquartered in London.

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Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) was an Italian poet whose masterpiece The Divine Comedy has exerted a profound influence on Western thought.

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Jane Alison is the author of The Love-Artist, The Sisters Antipodes, and the craft book Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative, among other titles. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of Virginia and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Meg Alivien is an indie author of paranormal fantasy and romance, born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She currently resides outside of the city with her husband and four cats.

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Hanna Alkaf is a critically acclaimed author of books for kids and teens. She writes unapologetically Malaysian YA and MG novels, including The Weight of Our Sky, The Girl & The Ghost, Queen of the Tiles, and a short story in Once Upon an Eid. Alkaf is a Freeman Award winner and a Kirkus Prize finalist.

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Firas Alkhateeb holds a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies with a specialization in Islamic intellectual history from the University of Chicago. He has been teaching at Darul Qasim in Chicago since 2014. Firas founded and writes the website Lost Islamic History.

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Kurt Allan lives in Minnesota with his wife. Rare Earth is his first novel.

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Gabby Allan is a California girl who now lives with her husband, daughter, and two insane dogs in Central Pennsylvania. A member of Sisters in Crime, she's previously published romances and cozy mysteries under another pen name. Visit her at gabbyallan.wordpress.com.

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Catharine Allan is a clairvoyant medium, spiritual life coach, tarot reader, and astrologer. Catharine is featured in Victoria Loustalot's Future Perfect: A Skeptic's Search for an Honest Mystic (Little A). She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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Jay Allan, a former investor, is the author of the Crimson Worlds series and the Far Stars series. When not writing, he enjoys traveling, running, hiking, and reading. Jay currently lives in New York City.

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Ted Allbeury (1917–2005) was an intelligence officer with Great Britain's Special Operations Executive during World War II. Allbeury's firsthand Cold War experiences enliven his espionage novels, and he was praised by Booklist as "a master of the genre."

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