When not watching “Alias” or being intimidated by gadgetry, Tracy S. Morris is a writer of funny fantasy, silly science fiction and the occasional serious news story. Her first novel, Tranquility, a Southern/science fiction/mystery/oddity novel, is available from Yard Dog Press, along with Bill Allen’s Gods and Other Children. Her fantasy humor chapbook, Medieval Misfits, is also available from Yard Dog Press.
Tracy lives in Fort Smith, Ark., with her husband and three hyperactive ferrets. The ferrets are in charge. You can find out more about Tracy’s work at her Web page, www.tracysmorris.com.
Former Connecticut small-town resident and amateur economist Sara Morrison does recaps of various television shows, including “Gilmore Girls,” at www.televisionwithoutpity.com. She resides in Los Angeles, where she gets way too many parking tickets. It’s really not fair. This is her first publication unless you count “The Red Fox,” a short story she wrote in first grade that was so good her elementary school had it bound and placed in their library. Sara hopes her hometown will allow her back in after this book comes out.
Tommy Mottola is the former Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, creator of “The Latin Explosion”, and current Chairman of Mottola Media Group. He is one of the most influential music executives in the industry credited with discovering and guiding the careers of the world’s most iconic artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Beyonce, Hall and Oates, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Ricky Martin , Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony.
Anne Moyer earned her Ph.D. from Yale University and is an assistant professor at Stony Brook University. She studies psychosocial issues surrounding cancer and cancer risk. She is also interested in research methodology and methods of synthesizing research. As a social and health psychologist, she is fortunate to be able to refer to her fascination with reality TV as “research.”
Award winning teacher Lani Muelrath, MA, is an instructional design expert specializing in healthy plant-based living, fitness, and weight management. She is certified in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and maintains multiple teaching credentials in the State of California, along with Advanced Fitness Nutrition Specialist credentials, and multiple other certifications. Recipient of the California Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Instruction, Lani is the author of Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body-Shaping Workouts, Guest Lecturer at San Francisco State University, and Associate Faculty in Kinesiology at Butte College, where her book has been adopted as a required course textbook. Lani created and starred in her own CBS TV’s show, Lani’s All-Heart Aerobics.
Lani has served as presenter and consultant for the Physician’s Committee Committee for Responsible Medicine and the Complete Health Improvement Project. She is published in prominent magazines, blogs, and newsletters, and has been featured on ABC-TV, Prevention Magazine, NPR, USA Today, The Saturday Evening Post, and numerous radio shows.
Lani presents and lectures extensively and counsels a variety of clients throughout the world from her northern California-based private practice on successful transition to healthy plant-based living.
Dr. Neil Mulholland was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He is presently a senior psychologist in child and family psychiatry at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, Canada, and consults to several health teams in the region. He also runs a small private practice for kids and adults, where he often uses Harry Potter as a therapeutic tool. In 1979, after spending ten years in the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, Dr. Neil graduated from Arizona State University. He then returned to Vancouver, Canada, and spent 20 years there before moving to the prairies of Alberta. According to the online quizzes, he’s a bit of a Mr. Weasley.
Morrie Mullins, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Xavier University in Cincinnati. When he’s not doing academic research on personnel selection and mentoring students, he’s probably writing fiction, immersing himself in pop culture, or spending time with his wife and dogs. His definition of “work-nonwork balance” involves having enough time and energy to work on his stories and watch TV after he gets home. Contrary to what his students may believe, he is emphatically not the biggest Star Wars geek in twelve systems.
Ryan Munsey is a high performance coach and keynote speaker, the bestselling author of F*ck Your Feelings, and the cofounder of The Better Human Project. He personally coaches Olympic and professional athletes, Special Forces operators, Hollywood celebrities, leading entrepreneurs, and C-suite executives while speaking and hosting leadership workshops around the world.
Jessica Murakami received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.S. in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon. She is currently a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Oregon. Her main research interests are in the area of depression research, particularly related to gender and cultural differences in depression. She is also very much interested in understanding the motivations, risk and protective factors for suicide in diverse populations. At the University of Oregon, Jessica is also pursuing her M.F.A. in creative writing (poetry). She is an avid Harry Potter fan and is convinced that Snape is innocent.
Kevin Andrew Murphy is the author of various science fiction, fantasy and horror novels, including House of Secrets, Penny Dreadful, Drum into Silence and Fathom: The World Below. He’s also published many short stories and novellas, a number in the World of Darkness and Wild Cards anthologies, as well as formal poetry and, of course, essays. He lives in California with three whippets and tries to keep up with them. He thinks they may have knowledge of wormholes.
