Émile Zola (1840–1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism.

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Nicole Zoltack is a USA Today bestselling author who loves to write romances. Of course. She did marry her first kiss, after all! Visit her at nicolezoltack.com to learn more.

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Dave Zook owns Horizon Structures, which makes custom chicken coops.

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Carol Zoref is a fiction writer and essayist. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and New York University. She lives in New York City.

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Robert Zorn, a graduate of Duke University and the Wharton School of Business, is the author of Cemetery John. His unique qualification to tell this story is his relationship to his father, the late Eugene C. Zorn, Jr., the only person who ever witnessed the conspiracy behind the Lindbergh kidnapping.

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Dwight Zscheile is vice president of innovation and professor of congregational mission and leadership at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. An Episcopal priest, his books include Participating in God's Mission (with Craig Van Gelder), The Agile Church, and People of the Way.

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M. Suhail Zubairy is a University Distinguished Professor and the holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics at Texas A&M University. He is a Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the Optical Society of America.

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Vladislav M. Zubok is professor of international history at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of A Failed Empire, Zhivago's Children, and The Idea of Russia.

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Robert Zubrin, formerly a senior engineer at Lockheed Martin, is the founder of Pioneer Astronautics, a space-exploration research and development firm. Currently president of the Mars Society, Dr. Zubrin lives with his family in Colorado.

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John Zubrzycki is an Australian author with a PhD in Indian history from the University of New South Wales. A former foreign news editor with The Australian, he has worked as a correspondent in India and as a diplomat in New Delhi and Jakarta. He is the author of four books on India, including House of Jaipur.

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Joanne Zucchetto maintains a private practice for individual and group therapy clients in Washington, D.C. She has previously worked in the trauma treatment programs at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, and the Psychiatric Institute of Washington.

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Martin Zucker has written extensively on natural healing, fitness, and alternative medicine for publications including Smithsonian and the Los Angeles Times and has coauthored or ghostwritten more than a dozen books, including Move Yourself and Preventing Arthritis.

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