Mike Berners Lee is a leading expert in carbon footprinting and the author of several books. He is a professor and fellow of the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University and director and principal consultant of Small World Consulting, based in the Lancaster Environment Centre.

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Jennifer Berney writes to explore the human state of longing. Her essays have appeared in Tin House, The Offing, Brevity, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and many other publications. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington, and teaches writing at South Puget Sound Community College.

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Jim Bernhard is the author of Puns, Puzzles, and Word Play; Porcupine, Picayune, & Post; and, with his wife, Virginia, Life Is NOT a Dress Rehearsal. He has an MA in English literature from the University of Birmingham in England, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a BA from Rice University.

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Thomas Bernhard studied music at the Akademie Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 1957 he began a second career, as a playwright, poet, and novelist. He published nine novels, an autobiography, one volume of poetry, four collections of short stories, and six volumes of plays. Thomas Bernhard died in Austria in 1989.

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Evan D. Bernick is assistant professor of law at Northern Illinois University College of Law. He was previously visiting professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. His scholarship appears in the Georgetown Law Journal, Notre Dame Law Review, and William & Mary Law Review.

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Raphael A. Bernier, PhD, is executive director of the Seattle Children's Autism Center, associate director of the Center on Human Development and Disability, and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington.

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Susan Bernofsky is associate professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts and director of the literary translation program in Columbia's MFA Writing Program. She has translated over twenty books.

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Gregory Berns is a distinguished professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University, where he directs the Center for Neuropolicy and Facility for Education and Research in Neuroscience. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller How Dogs Love Us. He lives in Atlanta.

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David Bernstein is executive creative director at The Gate Worldwide, the second-oldest ad agency in the United States.

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Josh Bernstein is president and CEO of the Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), an active member of the Explorers Club, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a patron of the American Museum of Natural History.

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Margaret Bernstein is an award-winning journalist at the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Sara Tuvel Bernstein was born in Romania and became an expert seamstress.

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