Nick Vleisides is the author of Used to Go to Church.

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Ivan Vladislavic is a novelist, essayist, and editor. He lives in Johannesburg where he is a Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand. His books include The Folly, The Restless Supermarket, Portrait with Keys, and Double Negative.

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Ned Vizzini is the author of Teen Angst? Naaah . . . and Be More Chill, the first young adult novel ever chosen as a Today Show Book Club pick, as well as one of Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Ten Books of 2004.

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Sergio F. Vizcaíno is professor of vertebrate zoology at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and researcher of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas working at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. His research focuses on the paleobiology of South American fossil vertebrates, mostly mammals.

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Dr. C. T. Vivian (1924-2020) is best known for his work with Martin Luther King, Jr., and was the National Director of Affiliates and Strategist for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference organization. He also developed VISION, a program that assisted over 700 Alabama students to attend college on scholarship.

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Jason Vitug is a former corporate climber turned creative storyteller with a mission to empower others to transform their lives through experiential and purposeful living. He is the founder of phroogal.com, a financial marketplace, and thesmilemoney.com, a financial wellness education platform.

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Suzy Vitello writes and lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and her dog. She holds an MFA from Antioch, Los Angeles, and has been a recipient of an Oregon Literary Arts grant. Her previous novels include Faultland, The Moment Before, and the YA Empress Chronicles series.

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Alex S. Vitale is professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College. His writings about policing have appeared in the New York Times, New York Daily News, USA Today, the Nation, and Vice News. He has made appearances on NPR and NY1.

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Joe Vitale is president of Hypnotic Marketing, Inc., a marketing consulting firm. He has been called the "The Buddha of the Internet" for his combination of spirituality and marketing acumen. His books include The Attractor Factor, The E-Code, and Life's Missing Instruction Manual.

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Laurie A. Vismara, PhD, is the director of the Early Emory Center for Child Development and Enrichment at Emory University School of Medicine.

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Gianluigi Viscusi is research fellow at the Chair of Corporate Strategy and Innovation (CSI) of the EPFL. His areas of expertise include information systems strategy and planning, business modeling, public policy and ICT-enabled Innovation, e-Government, information quality and value, service management and engineering, social study of information systems.

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A twenty-five-year veteran of the health and fitness industry, JJ Virgin is a cohost of TLC's Freaky Eaters.

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