Anastacia Marx de Salcedo is a food writer whose work has appeared in Salon, Slate, the Boston Globe, and Gourmet magazine and on PBS and NPR blogs. She has worked as a public health consultant, news magazine publisher, and public policy researcher. She lives in Boston.

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Kathleen de Plume is living the dream—married to a wonderful woman, mother to a lovely kid, teacher to rather bigger lovely kids. She lives in Australia, and writes the books she wants to exist.

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Boye Lafayette De Mente has been involved with Japan, China, and Korea as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, student, trade journalist, editor, and author working out of Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore. His 70-plus books include Japan's Cultural Code Words, Business Guide to Japan, and Japan Unmasked.

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Anthony De Mello was a Jesuit priest born in Bombay, India, in 1931. He is regarded as one of the foremost spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, respected widely for his groundbreaking work that integrates Western and Eastern spirituality. Visit the De Mello Spirituality Center website at demellospirituality.com.

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Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was an extemely prolific French writer who is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story.

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Caroline de Margerie has worked as a diplomat and is now a member of the Conseil d'État, the highest administrative court in France.

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Leanda de Lisle is the author of After Elizabeth and has written columns for such publications as the Daily Express, the Spectator, the Guardian, and the New Statesman.

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Leanda de Lisle is the author of After Elizabeth and has written columns for such publications as the Daily Express, the Spectator, the Guardian, and the New Statesman.

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Cedric de Leon is director of the Labor Center and associate professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of The Origins of Right to Work and Party and Society and coeditor of Building Blocs: How Parties Organize Society.

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Raquel De Leon was born and raised in the heart of Texas. Stories have buzzed in her mind for years, but it wasn't until she returned from living several years in Europe that she decided to share those stories with a broader audience. She is the author of Meeting Mrs. Garret and Lost & Found.

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Jason De León is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan and director of the Undocumented Migration Project, a long-term anthropological study of clandestine border crossings between Mexico and the United States. In 2013, De León was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer.

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Guy de la Valdene was born and raised in France. His books include The Fragrance of Grass, For a Handful of Feathers, Making Game, and a novel, Red Stag. His numerous articles have appeared in Sports Afield, Field & Stream, and Gray's Sporting Journal.

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