As one of the original seven Mercury astronauts, Alan Shepard (1923–1998) became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, and a decade later took, with his partner Edgar Mitchell, the longest walk—two miles—on the moon before hitting a golf ball for miles and miles across the lunar landscape.

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Megan Shepherd is the acclaimed author of the Madman's Daughter trilogy, the Cage trilogy, and the middle grade novel The Secret Horses of Briar Hill. She lives and writes on a 125-year-old farm outside Asheville, North Carolina. Visit Megan at meganshepherd.com.

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Ben H. Shepherd is reader in history, Glasgow Caledonian University. He lives in Glasgow, U.K.

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Margaret Shepherd is a writer, calligrapher, and teacher. In addition to The Art of the Handwritten Note, she has written thirteen books on calligraphy. Each year she speaks at MIT's "charm school" about the importance of gracious communication. She lives in Boston.

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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd is instructor of higher education at the University of New Orleans.

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Kathleen Sheppard was born and raised in the Midwestern United States, where she has now settled after years away. She earned an MA in Egyptian archaeology from University College, London, and earned an MA and PhD in history of science from the University of Oklahoma.

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W. Anthony Sheppard, Marylin and Arthur Levitt Professor of Music at Williams College, is the award-winning author of Revealing Masks and Extreme Exoticism. He has served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Musicological Society and is now series editor of AMS Studies in Music.

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Abby Sher is a comedian and the author of the young adult novel Kissing Snowflakes.

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Sara Sherbill writes about mental health, domestic violence, and Jewish identity. Her work has appeared in Slate, the Forward, Tablet, and Kveller. She has worked as an independent editor for the past decade after beginning her career at Alfred A. Knopf. She lives in Washington, DC.

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Kelsi Sheren is a combat veteran and artillery gunner in the Canadian military who served in Afghanistan in 2009 with the Canadian, American, and British armed forces. She was a competitive Tae Kwon Do champion from the ages of four to nineteen and holds a second-degree black belt.

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Mia Sheridan is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of several romance novels, including Archer's Voice, Kyland, and Stinger. Her passion is weaving love stories about people destined to be together. Mia lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her family.

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