Georgios A. Antonopoulos is Professor of Criminology at Teesside University. He has been a visiting scholar at a number of universities in the U.K., Greece, Croatia, and the Netherlands. He is an associate of the Cross-Border Crime Colloquium and editor-in-chief of the journal Trends in Organised Crime.

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Rick Antonson is the author of several books, including the travel memoirs Full Moon Over Noah's Ark, Route 66 Still Kicks, and To Timbuktu for a Haircut. Antonson is past chair of Destination International, past deputy chair of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, and former president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver.

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Martin M. Antony, PhD, is professor of psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the recipient of career awards from the Society of Clinical Psychology, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

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Sinan Antoon is a poet, novelist, and translator, and an associate professor at New York University. Born in Baghdad, he left Iraq after the Gulf War. He is the author of several books, including The Corpse Washer.

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Christopher Anvil was a pseudonym used by author Harry C. Crosby. For two decades he had numerous stories in the leading science fiction magazines, including Analog. Anvil's books include Pandora's Legions, Interstellar Patrol, Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity, The Trouble with Aliens, and Rx for Chaos.

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Kristie Anyabwile lives in Washington, DC, with her husband Thabiti. They have three children. Kristie is a popular conference speaker and author of His Testimonies, My Heritage.

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Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004) was a visionary writer whose work was recognized with many honors, including the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, a Lambda literary award, the National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Award, and the Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies.

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Katya Apekina is the author of the novel The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish. She has had stories published in The Iowa Review, Santa Monica Review, West Branch, Joyland, PANK, and elsewhere.

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Lucy Aphramor, PhD, RD, pioneered the use of a health at every size approach in the U.K. National Health Service, developing an eight-week HAES course that is now available internationally through licensed facilitators. She is the only U.K. dietitian with publishing and teaching expertise in critical weight science.

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USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Apodaca grew up in Southern California and met her very own hero at the dog pound. In her career, Jen has written a fun and sexy mystery series and a variety of contemporary romances.

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A healing arts therapist and certified holistic health practitioner, Virgil J. Mayor Apostol is the coauthor of Healing Hands of Hilot: Filipino Therapeutic Massage. He was encouraged by Deepak Chopra to teach Filipino healing worldwide through workshops. He lives in Highland, California.

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Aharon Appelfeld is the author of more than forty works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Iron Tracks, Until the Dawn's Light (both winners of the National Jewish Book Award), The Story of a Life (winner of the Prix Médicis Étranger), and Badenheim 1939. Appelefeld died in Israel in 2018.

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