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Lori Perkins is a founder and former editorial director of erotica e-publisher Ravenous Romance, and has been a literary agent for 20 years. She is the author of The Insider’s Guide to Getting an Agent (Writers Digest Books), and has edited 20 erotica anthologies and more than 100 erotic novels, as well as published erotica under a pseudonym.
Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of GreyKayla Perrin lives in Southwestern Ontario. She has a B.A. in English and sociology and a B.Ed, having entertained the idea of becoming a teacher—but she always knew she wanted to be a writer. Teachers were being laid off in Toronto when Kayla graduated, so she pursued her first love of writing. She now has 26 published titles to her credit, including romance, mainstream and children’s fiction. She is a USA Today bestselling author and has won several awards, including twice winning a spot on the Romance Writers of America “Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year” list, a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine and an Arts Acclaim Award from the city of Brampton. Kayla’s novel Sweet Honesty was optioned for a movie of the week.
Anne Perry is the bestselling author of several historical detective series, including the Thomas Pitt series and the William and Hester Monk series. She has also written two fantasies, Tathea and Come Armageddon. Visit Anne on the Web at www.anneperry.net.
William J. Perry served as Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Carter administration, and then as Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration, and has advised presidents all through the Obama administration. He oversaw the development of major nuclear weapons systems, such as the MX missile, the Trident submarine and the Stealth Bomber. His new “offset strategy” ushered in the age of stealth, smart weapons, GPS, and technologies that changed the face of modern warfare. His vision now, as founder of the William J. Perry Project, is a world free from nuclear weapons.
Dr. Fred Pescatore, MD, MPH, CCN, is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on diet, nutrition, complementary medicine, and a wide range of wellness and lifestyle topics. He has a private medical practice in New York City, was the former Associate Medical Director at the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine, and has written several books, including the New York Times bestseller The Hamptons Diet, Feed Your Kids Well, and The Allergy & Asthma Cure.
Diana Peterfreund is the author of eight books for adults and teens, including the Secret Society Girl series, the “killer unicorn” novels Rampant and Ascendant, and For Darkness Shows the Stars, a post-apocalyptic reimagining of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. You can find out more about Diana at www.dianapeterfreund.com.
What do Survivor, The Ides Of March, .38 Special, Sammy Hagar, and The Beach Boys have in common? The uncommon songwriting, vocal, and production talents of Jim Peterik.
In high school, Peterik put together his first band, The Ides Of March, whose single “Vehicle” hit #2 on the Billboard chart. Just out of high school, the band did shows with Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and many more.
In 1977, Jim founded one of the premier rock bands of the ‘80s: Survivor. After two critically acclaimed albums, he received a call from Sylvester Stallone to write a song for an upcoming movie. With worldwide sales now reaching 30 million, the Peterik/Sullivan-penned anthem “Eye Of The Tiger” became the title song of Rocky III and one of the most popular motivational anthems of all time.
Peterik garnered 18 Top 10 hits, including “Hold On Loosely,” “Caught Up In You,” “Rocking Into The Night,” and “Fantasy Girl.” With Peterik’s Songwriting for Dummies now a bestseller, he is traveling the world doing songwriting seminars. Ides Of March recently celebrated 50 years of making music together.
Christopher Peterson is a social and clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. He has been studying character strengths and virtues and their positive outcomes on health, well-being and work. He is the author of A Primer in Positive Psychology (Oxford University Press, 2006).
Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979.
Dr. Pfeffer received his BS and MS degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University and his PhD from Stanford. He began his career at the business school at the University of Illinois and then taught for six years at the University of California, Berkeley. Pfeffer has been a visiting professor at the Harvard Business School, Singapore Management University, London Business School, Copenhagen Business School, and for the past 14 years a visitor at IESE in Barcelona.
Dr. Pfeffer has presented seminars in 40 countries throughout the world as well as doing consulting and providing executive education for numerous companies, associations, and universities in the United States. Additionally, Dr. Pfeffer has won the Richard D. Irwin Award presented by the Academy of Management for scholarly contributions to management and numerous awards for his articles and books. He is in the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame and has been listed as one of the “Most Influential HR International Thinkers” by HR Magazine. In November, 2011, he was presented with an honorary doctorate degree from Tilburg University in The Netherlands.
Lee Pfeiffer is the author/co-author of numerous books about the cinema and is regarded as one of the foremost James Bond scholars. His book The Essential Bond: An Authorized Guide to the World of 007 (written with Dave Worrall) is the top selling Bond film book of all time. Pfeiffer is also the editor-in-chief of Cinema Retro magazine, dedicated to films of the 1960s and 1970s (www.cinemaretro.com). He resides in New Jersey.
