Roland Barthes (1915–1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, and critic whose best-known works include Writing Degree Zero and The Pleasure of the Text.

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Jonathan Bartho is the author of Whistling Dixie: Ronald Reagan, the White South, and the Transformation of the Republican Party.

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Kati Bartkowski is the coauthor of the Mystic Cooking Chronicles and Whispering Pines. If she's not reading, writing, or drawing, she's probably chasing after her high energy little girl. Visit her at heidiandkatiwrite.com.

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Robert Bartlett is professor emeritus at the University of St Andrews. His books include The Making of Europe, which won the Wolfson Literary Prize for History in 1994, and Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? He has written and presented several BBC documentary series, including Inside the Medieval Mind and The Normans.

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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant after only one year, Robin Bartlett, at twenty-two, assumed the leadership of the 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Over the next seven months, he led a platoon on more than sixty helicopter combat assaults and search and destroy missions.

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Allison Hoover Bartlett works as a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Salon, the San Francisco Magazine, and other publications.

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Jamie Bartlett is the Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos, where he specializes in online social movements and the impact of technology on society. Jamie writes a weekly column on technology for the Telegraph.

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Lorraine Bartlett is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous works, including the Jeff Resnick Mysteries (writing as L. L. Bartlett) and the Booktown Mysteries (writing as Lorna Barrett). She has been nominated for an Agatha Award and has been a finalist in the St. Martin's/Malice Domestic contest.

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In 1941, Erwin Bartmann enlisted voluntarily in the 1st Waffen SS Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and fought on the Eastern Front until seriously wounded. After a period of recuperation, he served as a machine-gun instructor stationed in Alt Hartmansdorf, a village to the east of Berlin.

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Mira Bartok is a Chicago-born artist and writer and the author of twenty-eight books for children. Her writing has appeared in several literary journals and anthologies and has been noted in the Best American Essays series.

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Amy A. Bartol is the award-winning author of the Premonition series, which includes the novels Inescapable, Intuition, Indebted, and Incendiary. A graduate of Hillsdale College, she lives in Michigan with her husband and their two sons. Visit Amy at amyabartol.com.

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Beverly Barton (1946–2011) was known for her romantic suspense novels. She wrote over thirty contemporary romance novels and created the popular Protectors series.

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