Eric Avila is professor of History, Chicano Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA. An urban cultural historian, he is the author of Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles and The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City.

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Elena Avila (1944–2011) is the author of the national bestseller Woman Who Glows in the Dark. Before becoming a spiritual counselor, Avila studied nursing and psychiatric nursing. In addition to her book, Avila also wrote poetry, plays, and gave lectures throughout the United States.

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Shlomo Avineri is professor emeritus of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. A leading Israeli political scientist, he is the author of The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx and The Making of Modern Zionism.

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Hillary Avis writes cozy mysteries about smart women who persist until they uncover the truth—about themselves, about their communities, and of course about any unsolved murders. She lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband, children, three dogs, and two cats.

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Carole Engle Avriett is a former writer/editor for Southern Living Magazine. In addition to leading women's conferences throughout the United States, Canada, and Brazil, where she and her husband serve as missionaries during the summer months, Carole has also authored two bible studies. She currently resides in Florida.

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Tash Aw is the author of Map of the Invisible World and The Harmony Silk Factory, which won the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His other honors include the inaugural M Literary Residency Prize and an O. Henry Award.

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Aidy Award is the author of the popular Dragons Love Curves series. Visit her at aidyaward.com.

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Douglas Axe is the director of Biologic Institute, a nonprofit research organization launched by Discovery Institute in Seattle, Washington. His work and ideas have been featured in many scientific journals, including the Journal of Molecular Biology, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature.

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Alan Axelrod is the author of many books on leadership, history, and military history, including Miracle at Belleau Wood, The Battle of the Somme, The Battle of Verdun, and Selling the Great War: The Making of American Propaganda.

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Historian Alan Axelrod is the author of the business bestsellers Elizabeth I CEO and Patton on Leadership, as well as many books on American military history. He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, Fox, and NPR, and his work has been featured in BusinessWeek, Fortune, and Cosmopolitan, among other publications. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Howard Axelrod's work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Shambhala Sun, and the Boston Globe, among other publications. He currently teaches at Grub Street in Boston, where he lives. The Point of Vanishing is his first book.

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