Our Authors

Kate Rennebohm is currently earning a Master’s degree in Cinema Studies at Concordia University in Montreal. She has published articles in the film journals Offscreen and Synoptique and has worked as a film reviewer. She also works for the Telluride Film Festival. She is currently working on completing her thesis, which focuses on the filmmaking of Chantal Akerman and Judith Butler’s recent work on ethics.

Mike Resnick is the winner of four Hugo Awards, a Nebula and numerous other major awards in the USA, France, Japan, Spain, Croatia and Poland. He is the author of 45 science fiction novels, nine books of nonfiction, 12 collections, 175 short stories and two screenplays, and has edited more than 40 anthologies. His work has been translated into 22 languages.

Laura Resnick is the author of 20 original-fiction novels, including Disappearing Nightly and Doppelgangster. You can find her on the Web at www.LauraResnick.com.

David Rettinger is assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva University in New York City. His research interests focus on the cognitive processes of decision-making and students’ academic integrity decisions. James Rettinger is a recovering attorney and New Yorker in San Diego. He likes to barbeque and loves the Mets. The brothers were raised on a steady diet of high and low culture growing up, and find “The Simpsons” the perfect TV show for them. If only you could eat it. They wish to thank their wives and AOL IM for supporting the writing of this chapter.

Penn Rhodeen became a lawyer after brief stints as a newspaper reporter and schoolteacher. His practice focuses on cases involving children and medical malpractice. He has also been heavily involved in political campaigns for a wide range of candidates, from local to presidential. Much of his writing has related to legal and political issues, including a op-ed pieces for The New York Times, Newsday, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and others.

Lani Diane Rich lives in upstate New York with her husband and two daughters. Most of her time is split between writing women’s fiction novels, singing songs from the “Buffy” musical episode with her kids and fighting with her husband. You can find out more about Lani at www.lanidianerich.com

Robert Burke Richardson hunts Snark in Edmonton, Alberta. He is the author of the elderly superhero saga Old School—“These aren’t your father’s superheroes … they’re your grandpa’s!”—from Arcana Studio, as well as stories, essays and pointless posts on his weblog, elf-help.blogspot.com.

Garry Ridge has been named by Inc. Magazine as one of the world’s top 10 Most Admired CEOs, and served as CEO of WD-40 Company for 25 years. The founder and CEO of The Learning Moment, Garry now delivers his inspiring message to audiences and coaching clients throughout the world. He currently sits on the boards of The Gorilla Glue Company and Eastridge Workplace Solutions. In the past, he has served on the boards of WD-40 Company, The Ken Blanchard Companies and The San Diego Foundation.

Edward J. Rielly chairs the English department at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. In addition to 10 volumes of his own poetry, he has published several nonfiction books. His recent publications include The 1960s (Greenwood), Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (ABC-Clio; recently released in paper by the University of Nebraska Press), Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond (a collection of essays from Haworth) and F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography (Greenwood). He is editing Baseball in the Classroom: Teaching America’s National Pastime, a collection of essays on baseball as pedagogy, for McFarland; and is writing Sitting Bull: A Biography (Greenwood) and Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (U of Nebraska Press). He also writes a newspaper column on baseball and has published many individual articles, book reviews, short stories and poems.