Aaron Poochigian is a poet, classics scholar, and translator who lives and writes in New York City. His many translations include Stung with Love (Penguin UK) — a translation of Sappho, and Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations” (forthcoming from W.W. Norton). His work has appeared in such newspapers and journals as The Financial Times, The New York Review of Books, and Poetry Magazine. His new book is Four Walks in Central Park: A Poetic Guide to the Park. Learn more at aaronpoochigian.com.

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Anusia Gillespie is a lawyer-turned-novelist and RYT-200 certified yoga instructor. Her work spans the cutting edge of GenAI in the legal industry and the timeless journey of personal transformation. Her debut novel, Soul Toll (Oct. 7, 2025) blends high-achieving ambition with spiritual awakening. Learn more at www.anusiagillespie.com.

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SUSANNE ANTONETTA’s accolades include a New York Times Notable Book, an American Book Award, a Library Journal Best Science book, and others. She writes for Psychology Today, The New York Times, Ms., The Huffington Post, The Hill, Orion, and The New Republic and has been featured on CNN. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Debby Show (Lindstrom) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and School Psychologist based in California. With years of experience working with individuals and families, she brings a deep understanding of human behavior, relationships, and generational dynamics to her fiction. Though this is her debut novel, Debby has honed her craft through coaching, writing workshops and a lifelong passion for storytelling. Inspired by real history and emotional truths, her work explores how the past shapes who we become.

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I am a new children’s book author but a long-time animal lover. I have been Volunteering at the Wolf Conservation Center for almost a decade, and that is where I was introduced to Trumpet and her amazing story. I studied psychology and work as a mental health therapist. My background in psychology has influenced my writing and my mission to change the “big bad wolf” myth.

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Brian Trapp is director of disability studies at the University of Oregon, where he also teaches fiction and nonfiction. His work has been published in the Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Longreads, Brevity, and elsewhere. His essays have been listed as Notable in Best American Essays and anthologized in the Best of Brevity.

He has received a Steinbeck Fellowship, an Elizabeth George Foundation grant, an Oregon Arts Fellowship, a Sewanee Writer’s Conference Borchardt Scholarship, a Tin House Summer Residency, and a Taft Fellowship from the University of Cincinnati, where he completed his PhD. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, with his twin brother, Danny.

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Navy veterans Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson (Andrews & Wilson) are the writing team behind the bestselling ‘Tier One,” “Sons of Valor,” and “Shepherds” book series. In addition to writing novels, they have multiple film & television projects under development with partners at Legendary, Walden Media, Picturestart, Sony, Amazon Studios, and Imagine Entertainment.

Brian Andrews is a U.S. Navy veteran, nuclear engineer and Park Leadership Fellow who served as an officer on a fast-attack submarine with a psychology degree from Vanderbilt and a master’s in business from Cornell University.

Jeffrey Wilson has worked as an actor, firefighter, paramedic, jet pilot, and diving instructor, as well as a vascular and trauma surgeon. He served in the U.S. Navy for fourteen years and made multiple deployments as a combat surgeon with an East Coast-based SEAL Team. He and his wife, Wendy, live in Southwest Florida with their four children.

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ELLEN BASSUK, MD, is a psychiatrist, researcher, clinician, and advocate whose five-decade career has focused on mental health, homelessness, and vulnerable populations, especially families and children. She served as Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School for nearly forty years. A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, she has received numerous honors, including an honorary doctorate from Northeastern University, the Blanche F. Ittleson Award for the Promotion of Children’s Mental Health, and the American Psychological Association Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award. She lives in Boston.

DANIEL SCHOONOVER is a devoted animal lover and volunteer, committed to supporting overlooked creatures and communities. With hands-on experience in herpetology and marine life care—including work at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium and the MSPCA—he has spent much of his life nurturing the natural world. He is currently studying at the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

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