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Garrett Ryan earned a PhD in Greek and Roman history from the University of Michigan. After teaching at several universities, he left academia to start Told in Stone, a popular YouTube channel about ancient history. He has written four books about the classical world, including Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants.
Fred Saberhagen’s stories of fantasy and science fiction, including the popular Berserker® series, have been appearing in books and magazines for more than 40 years. An Air Force veteran and former writer and editor at Encyclopedia Britannica, he lives in New Mexico with his wife Joan Spicci.
A fifth generation Coloradan, KEN SALAZAR’s ancestors have lived in the American Southwest for more than four centuries. Ken grew up in his native San Luis Valley on the remote Salazar homestead, where his family continues to farm and ranch the same property they’ve owned since before Colorado became a state. Ken served as United States ambassador to Mexico from 2021 to 2025, where he led the US diplomatic mission during a pivotal time for North American relations. In this role, he repeatedly urged for decisive action to address border security, migration to the United States, climate and North American economic integration. Before serving as US ambassador to Mexico, Ken served as US secretary of the Interior under President Barack Obama (2009–2013), as Colorado’s 35th US senator (2005–2009), and as Colorado state attorney general (1999-2005). Ken devotes much of his time to family and ranching in the San Luis Valley. He continues to be a champion for conservation, civil rights, and an inclusive America.
Karen Salmansohn is a bestselling author (with 2 million books and courses sold), leading behavioral change expert, and columnist for Oprah and Psychology Today, as well as the founder of the popular personal development site NotSalmon.com, which has a vibrant community of 1.5 million followers. She’s been sparking transformations in individuals and companies for a few decades and is passionate about digging deep and finding fascinating insights, tools, and studies from all areas of life, including psychology, Eastern and Western philosophy, neuroscience, quantum physics, and more.
She began writing “self-help for people who wouldn’t be caught dead doing self help” in 1999 with the bestseller How To Be Happy Dammit—the very first personal development book of its kind to have a feisty title, edgy humor, and stylish interior design, which paved the way for self-help authors to write irreverent personal development books. Since then, she’s written many bestsellers, including The Bounce Back Book and Think Happy. Now she’s excited to pioneer the mortality awareness movement by illuminating life’s most avoided conversation—death—and reminding others to live more bravely.
Martha C. Sammons is professor of English at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Her books include A Guide Through Narnia: Revised and Expanded Edition, “A Far-Off Country”: A guide to C.S. Lewis’ Fantasy Fiction, “A Better Country”: The Worlds of Religious Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Internet Writer’s Handbook 2/e. She has worked as a contract technical writer and consultant in several area industries.
Rodney Sampson is a globally-established economic innovator, business developer, and advisor. He cofounded Multicast Media Networks, Intellect, Intellect Inspire, Mobile Currency, Legacy Opportunity Funds, and EFactor.com, the fastest growing online social networking utility for entrepreneurs and investors, worldwide. To date, nearly 1 million entrepreneurs from 165 nations have joined in EFactor.com’s ranks. Over the last 15 years, his clients have generated more than $1 billion in revenue.
Sampson serves as a board member for numerous private sector and not-for-gain organizations. For his contributions to humanity, Sampson was awarded The Phoenix Award, the City of Atlanta’s highest honor.
Alicia Sanchez is currently a serious games researcher at Old Dominion University’s VMASC. Prior to joining academia and completing her Ph.D. in modeling and simulation at the University of Central Florida, she spent several years researching teams and teamwork for the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division.
Catherine A. Sanderson is the Manwell Family Professor in Life Sciences (Psychology) at Amherst College. She received a bachelors degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University. Professor Sanderson’s research examines how personality and social variables influence health-related behaviors such as safer sex and disordered eating, the development of persuasive messages and interventions to prevent unhealthy behavior, and the predictors of relationship satisfaction. This research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health.
Professor Sanderson has published more than 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to five college textbooks, a high school health textbook, and a popular press book on parenting. In 2012, she was named one of the country’s top 300 professors by the Princeton Review. Professor Sanderson speaks regularly to public and corporate audiences on such topics as the science of happiness, emotional intelligence, the mind-body connection, and the psychology of good and evil.
Marella Sands is a native St. Louisan and member of the writers group Alternate Historians (www.sff.net/people/marella). She earned degrees in anthropology from the University of Tulsa and Kent State University and currently teaches a class at Webster University on J.R.R. Tolkien. She has published both fiction and nonfiction. The author’s household includes the author, her husband, a multitude of pet rats, and four cats.
