Jodie LynnZdrok holds two MAs in European history and an MBA. In addition to being an author, she's a marketing professional, a freelancer, and an unapologetic Boston sports fan. She enjoys traveling, being a foodie, doing sprint triathlons, and enabling cats. Spectacle is her debut.

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Tyler Zed served in the United States Air Force as a medical technician from 2011 to 2015. After getting out of the military, he attended the University of Minnesota, where he began creating YouTube videos as a hobby. His channel, Zeducation, has garnered over a million subscribers.

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Fiona Zedde was born under the Jamaican sun but now makes her home in Spain. Since getting the writing bug, she's published around thirty books, mostly of black lesbian romance. These novels include the Lambda Literary Award finalists, Bliss and Every Dark Desire.

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Charlotte Zeepvat is a freelance writer and historical consultant to Royalty Digest Quarterly. She has an MA in history and is the author of a number of books and articles on Victorian royalty, photography, and the literature of the First World War.

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Ted Zeff's books include The Highly Sensitive Person's Survival Guide, The Power of Sensitivity, and Raise an Emotionally Healthy Boy.

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Katey Zeh is an ordained Baptist minister and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. She is the author of Women Rise Up and the cohost of the Kindreds podcast. She is a member of Planned Parenthood's Clergy Advocacy Board and has written for outlets such as the Huffington Post and Religion Dispatches.

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E. Paul Zehr is a professor of neuroscience and kinesiology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, where he is also a biomedical research scholar. He holds black belts in both empty hand and armed martial arts.

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Cyd Zeigler is the cofounder and coeditor of Outsports.com, the world's most renowned publication dealing with LGBTQ issues in sports. He is also the author of Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports. A graduate of Stanford University, Zeigler now lives in Los Angeles with his husband.

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John Zeisel, PhD, founder of the I'm Still Here Foundation and the Hearthstone Institute, holds a PhD in sociology from Columbia University. His work has been covered in the New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; and on CNN.

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Andi Zeisler is a writer, editor, and cultural critic. She cofounded Bitch Media, the nonprofit best known for publishing the award-winning quarterly magazine Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. Andi's writing has appeared in Ms., Mother Jones, BUST, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications.

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Thomas Zeitzoff is an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University. His research focuses on political violence, social media, and political psychology. His work has appeared in Science Advances, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, among other journals.

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Kelly Zekas, a New York University graduate, writes, acts, and reads in New York City.

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