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Diane Shipley is a freelance writer and pop culture obsessive who will never utter the words “it’s only a TV show.” Her idols include Brenda Walsh, Lorelai Gilmore, and Veronica Mars. When not writing or obsessively tweeting (@dianeshipley), she can usually be found eating pizza with a box set by her side (scheduled programming is for amateurs). Her website is www.dianeshipley.com.
John Shirley is the author of numerous novels and books of stories, including the novels Cellars, Wetbones, City Come A-Walkin’, Eclipse, A Splendid Chaos and the recent Bram Stoker AwardÐwinning Black Butterflies from Leisure. He was one of the original cyberpunk writers with William Gibson, Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling. He was coscreenwriter of “The Crow” and has written scripts for television series and cable movies. He was lead singer and songwriter for various bands including the punk band SadoNation, the post-punk band Obsession (Celluloid records) and the post-cyberpunk band The Panther Moderns. MP3s of his work are to be found through links at the fan-created Web site www.darkecho.com/JohnShirley. His new novels for Del Rey books are Demons and Crawlers.
Robert L. Shook has been working full-time as an author since 1978. He has more than 50 published books to his credit, including four New York Times bestsellers. He is co-founder and past chairman of the board of Shook Associates Corporation, American Executive Corporation and American Executive Life Insurance Company. He has appeared on more than 600 radio and TV shows and outlets, including CNN and the “Today” show.
Terry Shook, FAIA, is one of America’s top placemakers. He’s a founding partner and principal of Shook Kelley, a renowned firm with offices in Charlotte and Los Angeles that integrates brand strategy, architecture, urban planning, and communication design. He’s convened neighborhoods and developers on projects in cities all across the United States, including transformational projects in Charleston, Charlotte, and Detroit. He is a lecturer at Harvard University and has been recognized by the Clinton Library and School of Public Service. Few people, if any, have more intimate knowledge of gentrification and the other challenges of progress in our vital cities.
Gena Showalter is the prolific author of sexy paranormal romances, fun contemporaries, an alien huntress series and young adult novels. For more information about Gena and her books, you can visit her Web site at www.genashowalter.com, her blog at www.genashowalter.blogspot.com and her MySpace page at www.myspace.com/genashowalter.
Elaine Shpungin, Ph.D., is the director of the Psychological Services Center, an outpatient community and mental health clinic and the training site for doctoral students in the clinical/community program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She shares House’s knack for reading people quickly, but usually manages to speak her mind with slightly more tact and diplomacy.
Joel N. Shurkin is currently Snedden Chair in Journalism at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is former science writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer and at Stanford University, was founder of Stanford’s science journalism internship program, and a freelance writer. He has written nine published books. He was a member of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for covering Three Mile Island for the Inquirer. He is based in Baltimore.
Frank Sibila (pseudonym) is educated to degree level and started FakeAlibi.com in 2005. The company has served more than 7,000 clients and operates a global stable of 700 undercover agents willing to take casework at a moment’s notice. With 10,000 registered users and an average of 20,000 visitors a month to FakeAlibi.com, business is booming, and keeping a low profile is no easy task for Frank. Frank lives in the U.K.
David B. Sicilia is an associate professor in the department of history and Henry Kaufman Chair of Financial History at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. His research and teaching center on business, economic, and technology history, with a special emphasis on the history of capitalism and finance. He divides his teaching between the history department and the Smith School.
