Tappan Adney was an artist, writer, and photographer. He recorded the Klondike Gold Rush in his book The Klondike Stampede, which was first published in 1900. He passed away in 1950.

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J. M. Adovasio, PhD, is the founder and director of the Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute. He lives near Erie, Pennsylvania.

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Lara Adrian is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and #1 internationally bestselling author with nearly four million books in print and digital worldwide and translations licensed in more than twenty countries.

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C. J. Adrien is a bestselling author of Viking historical fiction novels. His Kindred of the Sea series was inspired by research conducted in preparation for a doctoral program in early medieval history as well as his admiration for historical fiction writers such as Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett.

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Tania Aebi is a bestselling author who, in 1985, became the youngest woman to sail around the world alone. Her book Maiden Voyage has been published in eight countries.

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Aesop (620–560 BC) was a slave in ancient Greece who is known only for the genre of fables that are ascribed to him.

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Holger Afflerbach is professor of modern European history at the University of Leeds. His publications include a biography of Erich von Falkenhayn, and a study of the Triple Alliance.

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Jim Afremow, PhD, LPC, is a sports psychologist and licensed counselor. He has been published in top journals and peer reviewed publications, including the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology and Olympic Coach Magazine. Jim lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his family.

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Asma Afsaruddin is Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the author and editor of eight books. She was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2005 and inducted into the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars in 2019.

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Allan Afuah is Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He received his PhD from MIT. His honors include the 1999 MBA Teacher of the Year at Michigan.

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Pooja K. Agarwal, PhD, is an expert in the field of cognitive science, and an assistant professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching psychological science to exceptional undergraduate musicians. Her work has been featured in the newspapers, books, academic journals, and podcasts.

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Arthur Agatston, MD, is a preventive cardiologist, associate professor of medicine, and the author of the bestselling The South Beach Diet and its many companion books.

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