Alexandra Filindra is associate professor of political science at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

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Vincent M. Figueredo has been a practicing cardiologist and physician-scientist for thirty years. His experience spans academic medicine, medical research, teaching, private practice, and senior hospital administration, including as chair of cardiology and professor of medicine.

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Mike Figliola is a writer, television/radio reporter, and producer who has called New York City—specifically Queens—his home for more than thirty years. He has written hundreds of poems and has been a featured poet in the Brooklyn Poet Laureate's "Brooklyn Poetry Outreach" in Park Slope Brooklyn.

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Orlando Figes is the author of several books, including The Crimean War, The Whisperers, Natasha's Dance, and A People's Tragedy.

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Steve Fiffer is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including Tyrannosaurus Sue and A Lawyer's Journey. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Slate. Steve lives in Evanston, Illinois.

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Bruce Fife, CN, ND, is an author, speaker, certified nutritionist, and naturopath. He has written over twenty books, including Coconut Cures and Coconut Lover's Cookbook. He is the publisher and editor of the Healthy Ways Newsletter.

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Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, M. J. Fievre moved to the United States in 2002. She currently writes from Miami. M. J.'s publishing career began as a teenager in Haiti. At nineteen-years-old, she signed her first book contract and has authored several books since then, including Black and Resilient and Badass Black Girl.

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Ronald K. Fierstein was a young lawyer on the team of litigators from the prestigious patent law firm of Fish & Neave representing Polaroid in its epic patent battle with Eastman Kodak over instant photography technology. He is a coproducer of the current Broadway hit Kinky Boots. Ron splits his time between Chappaqua, New York, and North Hero, Vermont.

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Julia Fierro is the author of the novel Cutting Teeth. Her work has been published in The Millions, Poets & Writers, Glamour, and other publications, and she has been profiled in the Observer and the Economist. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Julia founded the Sackett Street Writers' Workshop in 2002.

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Richard Tresch Fienberg, PhD, is former editor in chief of Sky & Telescope magazine.

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Micah Fields is a writer, teacher, and fly-fishing guide on the Missouri River. His work has been published in the Oxford American, Gulf Coast, Baffler, Columbia Journalism Review, Field and Stream, and others. He served as a Marine Corps infantry rifleman and is a combat veteran of deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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J. S. Fields is a scientist who has perhaps spent too much time around organic solvents. Fields has lived in Thailand, Ireland, Canada, the United States, and spent extensive time in many more places. They live with their partner and child, and a very fabulous lionhead rabbit named Merlin.

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