Nicole M. Avena, PhD, is a pioneering research neuroscientist and expert on nutrition and food addiction. She's the author of several books on nutrition, including What to Eat When You're Pregnant. Dr. Avena writes regularly for psychologytoday.com, MindBodyGreen, and Sharecare.

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Anthony Aveni, the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Anthropology and Native American Studies at Colgate University, helped develop the field of archaeoastronomy and is widely considered one of the founders of Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy. He lives in Hamilton, New York.

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Susan L. Averett is professor of economics at Lafayette College. She is coeditor, along with Laura Argys and Saul Hoffman, of The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy.

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KM Avery is an academic who moonlights as an author, has a partner, cats, and a deep and abiding love for books, movies, video games, and the great outdoors—at least most of the time.

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Constance Avery-Clark is codirector of the Institute for Sexual & Relationship Therapy & Training, an AASECT-certified diplomate in sex therapy and CE provider, and a certified diplomate in Sexology, American Board of Sexology. She has been a practicing licensed psychologist in Boca Raton, Florida, for twenty-eight years.

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Denis Avey is a British Army World War II veteran living in Derbyshire, England.

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Judith Schiess Avila is a code talker scholar with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua Program.

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Elena Avila (1944–2011) is the author of the national bestseller Woman Who Glows in the Dark. Before becoming a spiritual counselor, Avila studied nursing and psychiatric nursing. In addition to her book, Avila also wrote poetry, plays, and gave lectures throughout the United States.

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Eric Avila is professor of History, Chicano Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA. An urban cultural historian, he is the author of Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles and The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City.

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Shlomo Avineri is professor emeritus of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. A leading Israeli political scientist, he is the author of The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx and The Making of Modern Zionism.

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Hillary Avis writes cozy mysteries about smart women who persist until they uncover the truth—about themselves, about their communities, and of course about any unsolved murders. She lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband, children, three dogs, and two cats.

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Carole Engle Avriett is a former writer/editor for Southern Living Magazine. In addition to leading women's conferences throughout the United States, Canada, and Brazil, where she and her husband serve as missionaries during the summer months, Carole has also authored two bible studies. She currently resides in Florida.

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