An avid explorer, author, and alien enthusiast, M. V. Viltch is a military academy graduate and ex Naval Reservist currently working in the maritime field. No experience with aliens just yet, despite best efforts. Learn more at mvviltch.com.

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Alberto Villoldo is a psychologist, medical anthropologist, and prolific author who has studied the healing practices of the Amazon and Inka shamans for more than twenty-five years. Alberto directs The Four Winds Society, where he trains individuals in the U.S. and Europe in the practice of energy medicine and soul retrieval.

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Eric Villines is the head of global communications at Anker Innovations, a Chinese unicorn company and the world's premiere mobile charging company. His work has been recognized with numerous PR and marketing awards, including the PRSA Silver Anvil, the Mercury Award, the Stevie Award, and the Holmes Report SABRE Award.

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Laina Villeneuve lives in Southern California with her wife and three children. She consumes words. Mountains of words in the essays her college students write are her protein. Nonfiction reading is great fiber, and general fiction her fruits and veggies. Lesbian romance is always dessert!

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Marcos McPeek Villatoro is the author of six novels, two collections of poetry, and a memoir. His Romilia Chacón crime fiction books have won national acclaim (named a Best Book by the Los Angeles Times) and have been translated into German, Russian, Portuguese, and Japanese. Learn more at thewritingbull.com.

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Victor Villaseñor's bestselling, critically acclaimed works, as well as his inspiring lectures, have brought him the honor of many awards. He was selected as the founding chair of the John Steinbeck Foundation. He lives in Oceanside, California.

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Dana Villa is the Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame. He has written a number of books and articles on Hannah Arendt, and has also published on Socrates, Tocqueville, Hegel, Mill, Weber, and the Frankfurt School.

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Rebecca Vilkomerson has worked in social justice movement building for several decades, as an organizer, fundraiser, organizational development consultant, and strategist. From 2009-2019 she was the executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace. She is currently the codirector of the Funding Freedom project.

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Suchitra Vijayan was born and raised in Madras, India. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, GQ, the Boston Review, the Nation, and Foreign Policy. She is an award-winning photographer, as well as the founder and executive director of the Polis Project, a hybrid research and journalism organization.

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Kate Vigurs is a freelance historian, author, and academic advisor. Her PhD in history was at the University of Leeds and she is a frequent contributor for TV, radio, and the press.

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Andrew Vietze is a writer and Baxter State Park ranger. He has written more than a dozen books, including Boon Island: A True Story of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Cannibalism, winner of the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Award, and Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How a Maine Guide Inspired America's 26th President. He spends six months a year as a ranger in the wilds of the Katahdin region.

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Ed Viesturs climbs and loves to seek out new adventures. He lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with his wife and three children. His books include The Mountain, The Will to Climb, K2, and No Shortcuts to the Top.

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