Liz Shipton is a freelance writer, indie author, and full-time, off-grid, live-aboard sailor. When she's not penning novels about the impending apocalypse, she works as a freelance content writer specializing in articles about code, music theory, and off-grid living.

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Susan L. Shirk is director of the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and professor at UC-San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. A leading authority on China, she has has written numerous books and articles on this subject.

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Jennifer Shirk is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of sweet (and sometimes even funny) romances. Her novel, Fiancé By Fate—a 2015 Readers' Crown Finalist—became an Amazon #1 best seller for Series Romance, and Wrong Brother, Right Match won the Sweet Traditional category of the 2017 Golden Quill Contest.

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Clay Shirky teaches at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University, where he researches the interrelated effects of our social and technological networks.

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John Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts, screenplays, lyrics, poetry, songs, and nonfiction. More than forty of his novels have been published and many of his short stories have been compiled in eight short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others.

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Craig Shirley is a New York Times bestselling author, presidential historian, and Ronald Reagan biographer. He has written eleven books, including six on Reagan. His book Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother won the People's Choice Award from the Library of Virginia.

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Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad and grew up in Israel. He is now a professor of international relations at St Antony's College, Oxford. His books include the critically acclaimed The Iron Wall and he writes regularly for the Guardian, Middle East Eye, and other outlets.

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Leonard Shlain (1937–2009) was a surgeon, author, and inventor. He was the author of Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light; Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution; and Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius.

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Andrei Shleifer is professor of economics at Harvard University. His books include Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance and The Grabbing Hand: Government Pathologies and Their Cures. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

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Michael Shnayerson became a contributing editor at Vanity Fair in 1986 and is the author of eight books on a range of nonfiction subjects, including Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art. He lives in New York City.

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Colleen J. Shogan is the deputy director of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress. She is a former Senate staffer. A political scientist by training, Colleen has taught American government at George Mason University, Georgetown, and Penn. Stabbing in the Senate is her first novel.

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Mary J. Shomon is a patient advocate, author, communications consultant, wife, and mother. She has authored or coauthored many books, including The Thyroid Diet Revolution, Living Well with Autoimmune Disease, and Beautiful Inside & Out.

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