Mary McNear, the author of the Butternut Lake series, writes in a local doughnut shop, where she sips Diet Pepsi, observes the hubbub of neighborhood life, and tries to resist the constant temptation of freshly made doughnuts. Mary bases her novels on a lifetime of summers spent in a small town on a lake in the northern Midwest. She lives in San Francisco with her family.

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Gretchen McNeil is the author of several young adult horror/suspense novels, including Possess, 3:59, Relic, Get Even, Get Dirty, and the award-winning Ten. Visit Gretchen at gretchenmcneil.com.

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William H. McNeill (1917–2016) was professor emeritus of history at the University of Chicago. His books include The Pursuit of Truth.

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Kate McNulty, LCSW, is a certified relationship therapist and trainer through the Gottman Institute of Seattle. She is also a certified sex therapist and supervisor with the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. For more of her work, visit autistictherapist.com.

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Allyson McOuat (she/her) is a queer writer from Toronto who has been published in the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, Broadview magazine, and Plenitude magazine. McOuat's Modern Love essay was adapted for television by Modern Love Amsterdam on Amazon Prime. She is a mom of two amazing daughters.

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John McPhee was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. He has written over thirty books, including Oranges, Coming into the Country, and Silk Parachute.

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Don McPherson—an All-American quarterback at Syracuse University who went on to play professionally in the NFL and Canada—began his work on gender-based violence prevention in 1994. His educational programs and lectures have reached over one million people throughout North America.

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James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. He has published many volumes on the Civil War, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Battle Cry of Freedom, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, and For Cause and Comrades, which won the Lincoln Prize.

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Susan McPherson is a serial connector, seasoned communicator, and founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, a communications consultancy focused on the intersection of brands and social impact. She has appeared on NPR and CNN, and has been featured in USA Today, the New Yorker, New York magazine, and the Los Angeles Times.

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Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School, her alma mater, where she teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, and data privacy. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and a cohost of the podcast #SistersInLaw.

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John McQuaid's journalism has appeared in Smithsonian magazine, the Washington Post, Wired, forbes.com, and EatingWell magazine. His work has won a Pulitzer Prize, as well as awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. John is a graduate of Yale. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Daven McQueen graduated from Brown University, where she earned a BA in literary arts and economics. Her works on Wattpad include December, Beautiful Dreamer, and Superior, which received a Watty Award for Science Fiction. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her cat, and works in education.

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