Marco Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and was elected Speaker of the House in 2006. In 2010, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. His first book, An American Son, was a New York Times bestseller. He and his wife, Jeanette, have four young children and live in West Miami, Florida.

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Dan Rubinstein is an Ottawa-based writer, editor, and stand-up paddleboarder. His first book, Born to Walk, was a finalist for the Ottawa Book Awards and Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. He's also a National Magazine Award-winning journalist who contributes to publications such as The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, and enRoute.

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Alina Rubin is a bestselling author who celebrates heroines with strong voices and able hands. Amidst the pandemic, she authored her debut novel while working in IT. Her characters took her on a journey beyond her wildest dreams. She's an accomplished speaker and an owner of Hearts and Sails Author Services.

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Charles Rubin, a Clio Award–winning writer and producer, has been the subject of many television interviews on CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, and the BBC. His books include Hard Sell and 4-F Blues: A Novel of WWII Hollywood.

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Barnett R. Rubin is senior fellow and associate director of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project, Center for International Cooperation, New York University. Rubin is the author of The Fragmentation of Afghanistan and Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror.

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Jared Rubin is professor of economics at Chapman University.

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Jordan S. Rubin is a journalist and a former prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, where he was assigned to the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.

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Mary-Jane Rubenstein is professor of religion and science in society at Wesleyan University. She is author of Pantheologies; Worlds Without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse; and Strange Wonder: The Closure of Metaphysics and the Opening of Awe, and coeditor of Entangled Worlds: Religion, Science, and New Materialisms.

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Michael Rubens is a television writer and producer whose credits include work for Oxygen, the Travel Channel, CNN, and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

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Jessica Ruben lives and works in New York City, where she spends her days dominating in the court room as an attorney. Come nightfall, she writes romances centering on gorgeous alpha males and the intelligent women who love them.

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Robert Ruark (1915-1965) was an author and columnist. His many books include The Old Man and the Boy, Poor No More, and The Old Man's Boy Grows Older.

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Anja Røyne, PhD, is a scientist and lecturer at the University of Oslo Department of Physics. A physicist with a background in solar energy, Røyne has also researched geological and geochemical processes and is now working on creating materials with biotechnology.

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