Greer Rivers is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and former crime fighter in a suit, but now happily leaves that to her characters. A born and raised Carolinian, Greer lives in the mountains with her critique partner/real-life book boyfriend (her husband) and their three pets. Visit her online at authorgreerrivers.com.

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A. Rivers writes romance with strong heroes and heroines who kick butt and take names. When she isn't writing, she enjoys reading, baking, running, and eating vast quantities of chocolate (hence the running). In a previous life, she was a competitive martial artist, and now she uses that experience to fuel her stories.

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Vera Rivers loves love . . . She loves shifters, Fae, vampires, and all things magical. She loves soul mates, the first kiss, and when two people can overcome everything the world throws at them to realize they're better together. Visit her at verariversauthor.com.

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Elle Rivers lives in Tennessee with her husband, son, and six cats. When not writing, she can be found reading, staring at a blank document, or making poorly timed jokes that sometimes make it to Twitter.

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CJ Rivera is an adult dystopian author navigating the realms of high-tech turmoil and stark reality. Before diving into speculative fiction, Rivera enjoyed a successful career as a creative producer. She has penned and produced captivating content for CNBC, NBC Universal, and the Food Network. She lives in Washington, DC.

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Chiquis Rivera, a singer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, has starred in the reality TV series Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis & Raq-C and Chiquis 'n Control. She is currently at work on the second season of her web series, Chiquis Confidential. Chiquis and her siblings live in Encino, California.

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Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez is associate professor of history at Texas State University. He has authored numerous essays on Comanche history and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

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Manuel Rivas is an award-winning Galician writer, poet, screenwriter, and journalist, and considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. He began his writing career at the age of fifteen, and has since published numerous anthologies of poetry, novels, collected essays, and news articles.

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Caryn Rivadeneira is the acclaimed author of seventeen books for children and adults, including the multi-award-winning Helper Hounds series. She is a member of INK: A Creative Collective and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

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Maria Riva was born in Berlin in 1924 and is the only child of Marlene Dietrich. Riva performed in Germany and Italy as part of a USO troupe during World War II and taught acting at Fordham University. Riva has performed on Broadway, radio, television, and film and has been nominated for an Emmy.

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Cheri Ritz loves a good romance novel so much that she decided to write one of her own! She enjoys attending her sons' many activities, volunteering with a local LGBT film festival, and spending cozy weekends marathoning TV shows.

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Paul Ritvo, PhD, is a professor at York University in Ontario, Canada. He's also a research scientist at Cancer Care Ontario and a psychologist with over twenty-five years' experience in the development and evaluation of evidence-based cognitive behavioral programming for healthy lifestyle behavior change.

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