A voracious reader since she sounded out her first word, S. M. Shade started writing as a teenager and rediscovered her love of writing as an adult. Originally from Indianapolis, she now lives in a small Kentucky town with her college age son.

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A recipient of the Bronze Star and an Army Commendation Medal with Valor, Darren Shadix served in the U.S. Army for seven years. He fought in Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in Operation Enduring Freedom VIII. Visit him at darrenshadix.com.

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Elif Shafak, an award-winning, bestselling novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey, is the author of The Gaze and The Saint of Incipient Insanities.

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Earl V. Shaffer (1919-2002) was the first person to report a single-season hike of the whole Appalachian Trail, in 1948, walking of the war. He hiked it again in 1965 and 1998. He lived a modest life in central Pennsylvania, often writing poetry.

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Bill Shaffer is the author of George Nelson and The Design of Time and Emotion In Motion: 55 Baranger Displays. He has been published on designobserver.com and the online site of Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, where he was a Smithsonian Fellow.

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Dr. Meera Shah is a family medicine physician currently serving as the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in New York. A Fellow with the Physicians for Reproductive Health, Shah is dedicated to calling out the injustices that keep people from exercising their autonomy.

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Jashvina Shah is a multimedia reporter covering college hockey and social issues in sports. Her work has appeared in outlets including College Hockey News, espnW, The Globe and Mail, and The Athletic.

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Amar Shah is a multiple Emmy-winning writer and producer who has written for ESPN.com, NFL.com, the Wall Street Journal, the Orlando Sentinel, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Slam magazine, and the Washington Post.

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Priten Shah is CEO of pedagogy.cloud, which provides innovative technology solutions to help educators navigate global challenges in a rapidly evolving world. He is also founder of the civic-focused nonprofit United 4 Social Change. Priten has a BA in philosophy and an MEd in education policy from Harvard University.

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Dan C. Shahar is assistant professor of philosophy—research at the University of New Orleans and a member of the Urban Entrepreneurship and Policy Institute. He is the winner of the International Society for Environmental Ethics' 2020 Holmes Rolston III Early Career Essay Prize for Environmental Philosophy.

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Durreen Shahnaz has worked both in high finance on Wall Street and in microfinance in the back streets of rural Bangladesh. She founded a pioneering impact investment firm that brings together investors, development agencies, and entrepreneurs to advance sustainable development and empower millions of women.

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