Frank Anthony Polito is an award-winning author and playwright. His novels include the Lambda Award-winning Drama Queers!, Lost in the '90s, The Spirit of Detroit, and Band Fags!, among many others, and his plays have been produced around the country.

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Joanna Davidson Politano is the award-winning author of Lady Jayne Disappears, A Rumored Fortune, Finding Lady Enderly, The Love Note, and A Midnight Dance. She loves tales that capture the colorful, exquisite details in ordinary lives and is eager to hear anyone's story. You can find her online at jdpstories.com.

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Sal Polisi spent much of his life inside the New York Mafia before he flipped and provided testimony against key Family members. No longer under federal witness protection, he has been featured in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, New York, and Playboy, and has been interviewed by Larry King, Connie Chung, and Matt Lauer.

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Ellen Polishuk is a first-generation sustainable vegetable farmer. Formerly an owner of Potomac Vegetable Farms, she is a sought-after farm consultant and conference speaker.

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Lesley Poling-Kempes is the author of many books about the American Southwest, including Bone Horses, winner of the WILLA Literary Award in Contemporary Fiction and the Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction. Her nonfiction books include Ghost Ranch, Valley of Shining Stone, and The Harvey Girls.

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James Polchin is a writer, professor, and cultural historian. His book Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall was an Edgar Award finalist, Macavity Award Nominee, and named one of the Best True Crime Books of the Year by CrimeReads.

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Janet Polasky is Presidential Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire. She is the author of six books, including Revolutions without Borders: The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World. She lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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Daniel Polansky, winner of the Prix Imaginales, is the author of the critically-acclaimed Low Town trilogy and The Builders, which was a 2016 Hugo Award finalist. His latest book is A City Dreaming, and it's his favorite one so far. He can be found in Brooklyn, when he isn’t somewhere else.

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Charles P. Poland, Jr., has taught history for more than five decades in Northern Virginia. He is a scholar of the American Civil War. The author of eight books, he has made countless presentations to historic, civic, and educational groups on the Civil War and the impact of unfettered development in Northern Virginia.

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Producer and general manager Albert Poland's work has spanned the dawn of Off-Broadway to the Broadway blockbusters of the 1980s and 1990s and beyond. He worked with them all, from an unknown Sam Shepard to Edward Albee and Arthur Miller. In 2019, he earned a Legend of Off Broadway Award from the Off Broadway Alliance.

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Terry Polakovic is cofounder of Endow (Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women) and served as president of the organization from 2003 to 2015. She is the author of Life and Love: Opening Your Heart to God's Design. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Mike.

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Dr. Jan Pol is a world renowned veterinarian and the star of the hit documentary series The Incredible Dr. Pol on Nat Geo Wild. He is a graduate of the prestigious Utrecht University Veterinary program.

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