Attar was a Persian poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism.

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Russell J. Atwater grew up in the Midwest enjoying a steady diet of Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and The Rifleman. A lover of Western genre fiction, his passion is to write stories that celebrate life in the old west with the old-fashioned values of honesty, loyalty, and righteousness.

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James E. Atwood is pastor emeritus of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Arlington, Virginia. He has served as chair of the anti-gun violence group Heeding God's Call of Greater Washington, interfaith coordinator of the Million Mom March, and a member of the National Committee of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.

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Rachel Atwood is the author of Walk the Wild with Me. She grew up enchanted with British History and now writes historical fiction with enchantments. Every time she visits the British Isles, she basks in the shadows of standing stones and glories in ancient crypts while drinking in the lush accents of the people she meets.

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Jude Atwood grew up on a farm in small-town Illinois. After graduating from Bradley University and Chapman University, he became a community college professor in Orange County, California, where it hasn't snowed in over seventy years.

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Jerry Aubin is a technology executive who runs a venture-backed start-up. A lifelong science fiction fan, he decided to write his own series when he became disenchanted with the stories available to read to his kids.

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Edward Aubry is a novelist and a teacher of high school mathematics and creative writing. A graduate of Wesleyan University, he lives in rural Pennsylvania with his wife and three daughters.

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MJ Auch is the award-winning author of One-Handed Catch, Ashes of Roses, Wing Nut, Guitar Boy, and numerous other books for young readers. She lives in upstate New York with her family.

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Jim Auchmutey spent twenty-nine years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a reporter and editor. He is coauthor of The Ultimate Barbecue Sauce Cookbook and author of The Class of '65: A Student, a Divided Town, and the Long Road to Forgiveness.

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Blake Auden is a poet, writer, and artist living in Brighton, UK. His poetry collections include Tell the Birds She's Gone, Beekeeper and Murmuration. Blake won the Button Poetry 2020 Short Form Prize and has been featured by the likes of the Mirror, the Bookseller, Family Friends Poems, and numerous others.

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John James Audubon (1785–1851) was a French American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations depicting birds in their natural habitats. His major work is a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America.

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Paul Auerbach, MD, is the Redlich Family Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Military/Emergency Medicine at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

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