Kristin von Kreisler is the author of the acclaimed nonfiction books Beauty in the Beasts, The Compassion of Animals, and For Bea, as well as the bestselling novel An Unexpected Grace. Kristin lives on an island in Washington with her husband and their rescued German shepherd, Bridget. Visit her at kristinvonkreisler.com.

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As a psychologist, Diana von Kopp has taught leadership competence, such as decision making and stress management, to airline pilots for more than ten years. Fascinated by the fact that food has an immense impact on our brain, performance, and well-being, she dove into research and has been writing for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's blog Food Affair ever since.

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Alice Von Kannon has been an advertising executive, a teacher, and an author. She is a member of Romance Writers of America and the Order of the Grail, the fraternal body of the International College of Esoteric Studies.

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Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977) was a vocal opponent of Adolf Hitler and Nazism, fleeing from Germany to Vienna, Austria, in 1933 upon Hitler's rise to power. He is the author of dozens of books, in both German and English.

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Nicole von Germeten is an associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University. She has written extensively on the history of crime, violence, gender, and sexuality in Latin America.

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Penny M. Von Eschen is Professor of History and American Culture at the University of Michigan.

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Erich von Däniken is arguably the most widely read and most-copied nonfiction author in the world. He published his first (and best-known) book, Chariots of the Gods, in 1968. The worldwide bestseller was followed by forty more books. He lives in Switzerland.

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Erich von Däniken is arguably the most widely read and most-copied nonfiction author in the world. He published his first (and best-known) book, Chariots of the Gods, in 1968. The worldwide bestseller was followed by forty more books. He lives in Switzerland.

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From concert stages to college campuses and churches, and from radio to television and webcasts, Dr. Craig von Buseck has been in the public eye for more than thirty-five years. He is a multi-published author and serves as the managing editor for InspirationToday.com.

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Benjamin von Brackel graduated from the German School for Journalism in Munich and studied politics in Erlangen and Berlin. Today, he is one of the most renowned environmental journalists in Germany, where his reporting on climate change has appeared in Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, and Natur.

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Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, a commanding lieutenant in the German army, joined the German Resistance in 1941 and lived to be the last surviving member of Valkyrie, the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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Francois Marie Arouet (1694–1778)—pen name Voltaire—was one of France's greatest writers and philosophers. His best-known works include Zadig, Candide, and the Dictionnaire Philosophique.

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