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Teresa Medeiros wrote her first novel at the age of 21 and has since gone on to win the hearts of both readers and critics. All 15 of her books have been national bestsellers, climbing as high as #12 on the New York Times bestseller list, #20 on USA Today and #9 on Publishers Weekly. She is a six-time RITA finalist and a two-time recipient of the Waldenbooks Award for bestselling fiction. Her next novel, After Midnight, will be released by Avon Books in September 2005. You can visit her Web site at www.teresamedeiros.com.
Kenneth Meeks is the managing editor of Black Enterprise magazine and the author of Driving While Black: What To Do If You Are A Victim Of Racial Profiling. He lives with his family in New York City.
Mehow was born Michal P. in Warsaw, Poland. (His professional Pickup Artist name, Mehow, is the phonetic English spelling of his Polish first name, “Michal.”) In early 2005, he discovered the seduction world through attending a “boot camp” taught by Mystery, at that time the most famous Pickup Artist (PUA) in the world.
Soon Mehow developed his own pickup methodology, transforming himself from a lonely computer nerd to a successful PUA with a more active social life than he could handle. He formed his own company, Mehow Inc., in early 2007 and established a website that has developed into one of the top-producing websites in the seduction business. Mehow has written eight books on seduction and given countless talks and taught thousands of students.
Mehow has become one of the best-known Pickup Artists in the world and is the host and creator of Yahoo!’s “The Girls Game.” His other media appearances include Cosmopolitan, MTV True Life and LIVE, WealthTV, Current TV, Young Hollywood, Playboy Radio and Loveline.
Ashley Melillo is the writer, photographer, and recipe-creator behind Blissful Basil, a blog dedicated to unearthing the happiest side of life through wholesome, plant-based foods. A school psychologist by day and a vegan food blogger by night, Ashley is fascinated with the way that diet and lifestyle choices affect physical, cognitive, and emotional wellness. She incorporates a wide array of natural, health-enhancing ingredients into her recipes with the hope of guiding others on their path towards improved well-being all while enjoying delicious food (read: you can have your health and eat cake too!). Ashley holds a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition and her recipes have been featured in Women’s Health, Redbook, The Huffington Post, and Shape, among others. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Dan, and orange tabby cat, Jack.
O.R. Melling was born in Ireland, grew up in Canada with her seven sisters and two brothers, and now lives in Ireland again. She has published eight books, many of which have been translated into various languages. The four books of her Chronicles of Faerie (named in homage to C. S. Lewis) are The Hunter’s Moon, The Summer King, The Light-Bearer’s Daughter, and The Book of Dreams, published in America by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Her new mythological adventure series, The Celtic Princess, will be published by Penguin Putnam in 2011. Melling lives in a small town by the Irish Sea with her daughter Findabhair and her cat Emma. Visit her website at www.ormelling.com.
David Meltzer, a distinguished sports executive and former CEO of Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment (the inspiration for “Jerry Maguire”), is a top-tier entrepreneur, investor, and business coach. Honored by Variety as Sports Humanitarian of the Year and a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, David’s influence extends across multiple platforms as the Executive Producer of Apple TV’s 2 Minute Drill and Office Hours, and Entrepreneur’s #1 digital business show, “Elevator Pitch.” He appears in numerous books, films, and TV shows like World’s Greatest Motivators and Think and Grow Rich, and is driven by a mission to empower over one billion people to be happy by delivering unparalleled value through his content and interactions.
Chad Mendes was born and raised in central California, where wrestling, hunting, and fishing were a huge part of his life growing up. He was recruited to wrestle at Cal Poly SLO, where his small town palette was introduced to a whole new world of cuisines. There he became a two-time NCAA D-1 All-American and runner-up during his senior year. After graduating, he moved up to Sacramento and began his UFC career. Within his 10 years of fighting, he fought for the UFC world title three times, competing against opponents such as Conor Mcgregor and Jose Aldo. With hunting being such a huge part of his life still, he teamed up with Chad Belding of The Fowl Life to bring readers The Provider Cookbook, featuring their favorite recipes.
Lindsay Mendez is a 2024 Tony Award nominee for her portrayal of Mary Flynn in the Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along. For the Off-Broadway run at New York Theater Workshop, she earned the Outer Critics Circle Award as well as Drama Desk & Lortel nominations. Mendez won the Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC awards for Carousel. Other Broadway: Significant Other, Wicked, Godspell, Everyday Rapture, Grease. Off-Broadway/regional: The Golden Apple, Dogfight (Drama Desk, Drama League, OCC
nominations), The Rose Tattoo, 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, The Winter’s Tale. On television, Miss Mendez most recently starred in FX’s American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez from executive producer Ryan Murphy, and previously starred in All Rise (CBS/OWN). Other TV & film credits include: These Little Ones Perish, Station 19, Elementary, Modern Family, Murphy Brown,Smash, The Grotto. Debut album: This Time.
Celeste Mergens is the founder of the global, award-winning nonprofit, Days for Girls International. Since 2008, Days for Girls has restored days of education and opportunity to more than 3 million women and girls in 144 countries by providing a perhaps surprising key to increased equity in communities—access to sustainable menstrual care products and vital conversations and education. Days for Girls is a two-time Girl Effect Champion, won the SEED Award for Gender Equity and Entrepreneurship, and was named by the Huffington Post as a ‘Next Ten’ Organization poised to change the world in the next decade. Celeste has been featured in Oprah’s O, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, and Stanford Social Impact Review. She was awarded the AARP Purpose Prize and named Washington State’s Mother of the Year, Company Global Impact Entrepreneur Top Ten Women, 2019 Global Washington Global Hero, and Women Economic Forum’s Woman of the Decade. She typically gives over fifty keynotes a year, speaking for groups that have included Apple, Goldman Sachs, Nike, Intel, Columbia Apparel, and the United Nations, and consistently garners standing ovations.
Glen Merzer is a playwright and screenwriter living in California. He is coauthor with Howard Lyman of Mad Cowboy, and with Howard Lyman and Joanna Samorow-Merzer of No More Bull! He also coauthored Chef AJ’s Unprocessed. He has been a vegetarian for almost 40 years, and a vegan for almost 20.
