Josi Avari is a mountain girl who found the ocean. She discovered the inspiration for the Aloha Chicken Mysteries while on a writing retreat in a cozy little Hawaiian paradise where she met a feral hen and her chicks. Visit Josi at josiavari.com.

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Neema Avashia was born and raised in southern West Virginia, to parents who immigrated to the United States. She has been a middle school teacher in the Boston Public Schools since 2003. Her essays have appeared in the Bitter Southerner, Catapult, Kenyon Review Online, and elsewhere.

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John Avedon has written for the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Maclean's, Parade, and other publications. He lives in New York City.

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Victoria Aveline is the author of the Clecanian series, including Choosing Theo, Freeing Luka, Saving Verakko, and Tempting Auzed. Visit her online at victoriaaveline.com.

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When not devouring books, holding down her editing gig, or burning the cookies she keeps forgetting she's baking, Kate Avelynn writes dark contemporary YA that blends first love, betrayal, and danger. Find out more at www.kateavelynn.com.

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Nicole M. Avena, PhD, is a pioneering research neuroscientist and expert on nutrition and food addiction. She's the author of several books on nutrition, including What to Eat When You're Pregnant. Dr. Avena writes regularly for psychologytoday.com, MindBodyGreen, and Sharecare.

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Anthony Aveni, the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Anthropology and Native American Studies at Colgate University, helped develop the field of archaeoastronomy and is widely considered one of the founders of Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy. He lives in Hamilton, New York.

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Susan L. Averett is professor of economics at Lafayette College. She is coeditor, along with Laura Argys and Saul Hoffman, of The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy.

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KM Avery is an academic who moonlights as an author, has a partner, cats, and a deep and abiding love for books, movies, video games, and the great outdoors—at least most of the time.

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Constance Avery-Clark is codirector of the Institute for Sexual & Relationship Therapy & Training, an AASECT-certified diplomate in sex therapy and CE provider, and a certified diplomate in Sexology, American Board of Sexology. She has been a practicing licensed psychologist in Boca Raton, Florida, for twenty-eight years.

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Denis Avey is a British Army World War II veteran living in Derbyshire, England.

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Judith Schiess Avila is a code talker scholar with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua Program.

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