Lydia Pyne has a PhD in history and philosophy of science from Arizona State University. She has published articles and essays in the Atlantic, Nautilus, and Public Domain Review, and she is a contributing editor for Appendix: A Journal of Experimental and Narrative History. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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Stephen J. Pyne is a fire historian, urban farmer, and emeritus professor at Arizona State University. He is the author of more than forty books, including Pyrocene Park: A Journey Through the Fire History of Yosemite.

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Thomas Pynchon is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, a collection of short stories, Vineland and, most recently, Mason and Dixon. He received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974.

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Barbara Pym (1913–1980) was a bestselling and award-winning English novelist. Her first book, Some Tame Gazelle, launched her career as a writer beloved for her social comedies of class and manners. Pym produced thirteen novels, the last three published posthumously.

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Ernie Pyle worked as managing editor of the Washington News and later became a roving journalist for Scripps Howard Newspapers. After many years following the fighting in Europe, Pyle traveled to the South Pacific, where a sniper's bullet took his life in 1945.

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Robert Michael Pyle is the author of fourteen books, including Sky Time in Gray's River, Chasing Monarchs, Where Bigfoot Walks, and Wintergreen, which won the John Burroughs Medal. A Yale–trained ecologist and a Guggenheim fellow, he is a full–time writer living in southwestern Washington.

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Raymond Hunter Pyle is a two–tour Vietnam veteran and served in Danang, Cua Viet, and Dong Ha in 1967, and again in Danang from mid–1968 to mid–1969. He is the author of The Gunny, The Beast, and Maybe, among other works.

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Rod Pyle is a space historian who has worked with NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Johnson Space Center. He has written nine books on the history and technology of space exploration and science for major publishers in the U.S., U.K., and Asia.

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Howard Pyle (1853–1911), a renowned artist, writer, and teacher, is best known for founding the Brandywine school of painting and for authoring The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Nottinghamshire.

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Nicole Pyland is a bestselling author of lesbian romance novels, including The Moments, All the Love Songs, and the Chicago series. She earned degrees in English and film and an MS in behavior analysis. She resides in Los Angeles, California, with her wife and their cats. Visit her at nicolepyland.com.

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Michael Pye is the author of The Drowning Room, The Pieces from Berlin, and The Edge of the World, all three of which were New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He lives in Amsterdam.

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Beth Py-Lieberman is senior museums editor at the award-winning Smithsonian magazine, where as a thirty-six-year veteran, she educates readers on its history, art, and science collections and exhibitions. Py-Lieberman is also the editor of the "At the Smithsonian" section of Smithsonian magazine.

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