Adam-Troy Castro is a well-known author of science fiction, fantasy and horror whose short stories have received five nominations for the Nebula Award, two for the Hugo Award and one for the Stoker. In 2007 he and collaborator Jerry Oltion shared the Seiun Award for best work translated into Japanese, for their acclaimed novella “The Astronaut from Wyoming.” His prior books include Emissaries from the Dead (Harper Collins, first in a series of novels about interstellar investigator Andrea Cort), the Sinister Six trilogy and nonfiction volumes examining the Harry Potter phenomenon and the television show “The Amazing Race.” A full-time writer when he isn’t procrastinating, Adam lives in Miami with his wife Judi and a motley assortment of anarchist cats that includes Meow Farrow and Uma Furman. For further information, including essays, artwork, fiction excerpts and regular updates on forthcoming work, please check out Adam’s Web site at www.sff.net/people/adam-troy.
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Dr. Trevor Cates is author of the USA Today and Amazon bestselling book Clean Skin From Within and founder of TheSpaDr.com. She received her medical degree from the National University of Natural Medicine and was the first woman licensed as a naturopathic doctor in the state of California. She has been featured on various TV shows, including The Doctors and Extra TV. Dr. Cates is host of the Hormones, Health and Harmony Docuseries and The Spa Dr. podcast and hosted the Public Television special, Younger Skin From Within. She currently lives in Park City, Utah where she helps patients from around the world, and she’s also the mother of three children ages 23, 20, and 15 plus one dog and two cats.
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Daniel Cates, known across the poker world as “Jungleman,” is one of the game’s biggest stars and most successful players in the world, having amassed more than $25 million in career earnings. He has traveled the globe playing in prestigious tournaments and high-stakes cash games and has become one of poker’s most recognizable players with his penchant for competing in costume—professional wrestlers, anime characters, the Terminator, a sea god, to name a few. He won his first million dollars in poker earnings as a college junior playing online poker and was regarded as a prodigy. Cates is a two-time World Series of Poker champion, winning the Poker Players Championship title in back-to-back years (2021, 2022).
Cates draws tons of coverage for his spotlight-grabbing tournament play, including on CBS Sports, NBC, and more. He is a frequent guest on the top poker podcasts and the host of his own podcast, Winning the Game of Life. Cates was one of the most featured players in NBC’s Poker After Dark and the 2024 poker reality program Game of Gold.
John Catsimatidis was born on the Greek Island of Nisyros in 1948 and 6 months later his parents emigrated to New York City in search of a better life. During his senior year at NYU, with just 8 credits remaining, John dropped out to work in the grocery business full-time. By his 25th birthday he was already a success with 10 Red Apple Supermarkets scattered along Broadway on Manhattan’s Upper Westside.
Now, four decades later the Red Apple Group has evolved into a diversified corporation that has holdings in the energy, aviation, retail, and real estate sectors and over 8K employees, with approximately 2K located in New York City.
John is a firm believer in giving back to the community and has been a strong supporter of the Police Athletic League for nearly 30 years. He serves on the Board of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, the Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund, and over the years served in a variety of volunteer positions in the Greek Orthodox Church.
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She lives in Dallas, Texas.
ML (Matt) Cavanaugh, PhD, is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who earned two Bronze Star Medals for his time overseas, and as a proud living kidney donor most recently served as the President and CEO of the National Kidney Donation Organization. Cavanaugh’s also an award-winning US Army Strategist, earned acclaim as the top professor at West Point, and has been named the US Army’s Athlete of the Year. His writing’s been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Colorado Springs Gazette, and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Jeanne Cavelos began her professional life as an astrophysicist, working in the Astronaut Training Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. After earning her M.F.A. in creative writing, she moved into a career in publishing, becoming a senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell, where she created and launched the Abyss imprint of psychological horror, for which she won the World Fantasy Award, and ran the science fiction/fantasy publishing program. Jeanne left New York to pursue her own writing career. Her books include the bestselling Passing of the Techno-Mages trilogy, the highly praised science books The Science of Star Wars and The Science of The X-Files, and the anthology The Many Faces of Van Helsing. Her work has twice been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award.
An expert in the field of weight loss and metabolism, Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D. has become a nationally recognized and versatile media personality covering a wide spectrum of health-related news and topics. As medical director of the Cederquist Medical Wellness Center and bistroMD, an innovative home diet delivery program, Dr. Cederquist helps real people transform their bodies through metabolism correction and weight loss.
Vincent A. Cefalu was born and raised just North of San Francisco in Marin County, California. After a troubled youth and lackluster academic performance, He enlisted in the U.S. Marines where he spent 6 years in the military police and ultimately served in a classified Special Operations unit. The hook was set. Continuing to pursue his law enforcement career, he joined the Athens Ga. Police Department while finishing his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice in hopes of securing a position in Federal Law Enforcement. After Being hired by and spending a couple years with the U.S. Customs Service chasing drug smugglers in S. Florida, Vince had a life changing experience with some very scary ATF Special Agents, and as they say, “the rest is history.” Vince had found a home. Later earning a master’s degree in the Psychological sciences, Vince’s trajectory took him into the shadows of undercover work, SRT, (Special response team member and hostage negotiations).
Michelle Cehn is the founder of the popular food and lifestyle website World of Vegan and a YouTube personality who has reached millions through her creative and relatable videos. She is also co-host of the Plant-Powered People Podcast and co-creator of the 12-Day Dairy Detox, Plant Based on a Budget Meal Plans, and 7 Days documentary. Michelle has been on a lifelong mission to make kind and healthy living enticing, easy, and fun, ever since the age of eight when she first became a vegetarian. Also a passionate photographer and filmmaker, you can find her dishing out mouth-watering food photos and inspiration daily on Instagram, hanging with her pup Chance, and stepping into parenthood with her hubby Dan.
