Kim Addonizio, the editor of Best New Poets 2009, has published five poetry collections, including Lucifer at the Starlite and Tell Me, two novels, two instructional books about poetry, and a CD. She lives in California.

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Leonard M. Adkins, author of 16 books, has hiked 19,000 miles exploring North America, Europe, and the Caribbean, including five treks of the entire Appalachian Trail. His books feature the outdoors and travel, five of which are about the Trail including Images of America.

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Jonathan Alderfer is an artist, author, and the chief consultant for National Geographic's Birding Program. His most recent book Illustrated Birds of North America, is a rescaled and enlarged edition of National Geographic's bird guide. 

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Claudia Worrell Allen, Ph.D., J.D., co-author of Escaping the Endless Adolescence, is a licensed clinical psychologist and director of behavioral science in UVa's Department of Family Medicine, where she teaches doctors how to help their patients with psychological issues.

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Joseph Allen, Ph.D., co-author of Escaping the Endless Adolescence, is a professor of psychology and director of clinical training at UVa. He has done research, clinical work and designed programs involving thousands of adolescents over the past 20 years.

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Frederic A. Almond, Sr. is the author of Scarred For Life: Stabbed Thirty-nine Times and Forgave, a memoir recalling the attack of a burglar who killed his mother and stabbed him approximately 39 times.

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Jeff Alt, author of A Walk for Sunshine, is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. His adventures have been featured nationwide by ESPN, Hallmark Channel, the Associated Press, CNN-Radio, USA radio network, NPR, and more.

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Anna Alter is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including Abigail Spells and What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe?. A Charlottesville native, Anna now calls Boston home.

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P. M. H. Atwater, author of The Big Book of Near Death Experiences, and eight other books, is one of the original researchers in near-death experiences, having begun in 1978. She is also a generational researcher, specializing in the "new kids."

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Kate Atwood, author of A Healing Place, is the founder of Kate's Club, an Atlanta-based non-profit helping kids along the grief journey that she began herself at age 12. She also seeks to inspire adolescents to make positive changes through philanthropy.

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