Location: Santa Rosa, CA 95409, United States

Meg Waite Clayton (The Wednesday Sisters, The four Ms. Bradwells, The Language of Light, The Wednesday Daughters)

Meg Waite Clayton is the author of The Language of Light, a finalist for the Bellwether Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in Runner’s World, Writer’s Digest, and literary magazines. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and their two sons. (added from Random House)… (more)

Kevin West (Saving the Season)

Kevin West is from rural Blount County in eastern Tennessee. He attended Deep Springs, an experimental college in the White Mountains of California, and Sewanee: The University of the South. For thirteen years he was on the staff at W magazine, with postings in New York, Paris, and Los Angeles, where he was West Coast editor and where he still lives. He runs the blog SavingtheSeason.com; writes about food, culture, and travel; and produces a retail collection of jams and marmalades. He is certified as a Master Food Preserver by the University of California Cooperative Extension. (added from Random House)… (more)

Kevin West (Saving the Season)

Kevin West is from rural Blount County in eastern Tennessee. He attended Deep Springs, an experimental college in the White Mountains of California, and Sewanee: The University of the South. For thirteen years he was on the staff at W magazine, with postings in New York, Paris, and Los Angeles, where he was West Coast editor and where he still lives. He runs the blog SavingtheSeason.com; writes about food, culture, and travel; and produces a retail collection of jams and marmalades. He is certified as a Master Food Preserver by the University of California Cooperative Extension. (added from Random House)… (more)

Meg Waite Clayton (The Wednesday Sisters, The four Ms. Bradwells, The Language of Light, The Wednesday Daughters)

Meg Waite Clayton is the author of The Language of Light, a finalist for the Bellwether Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in Runner’s World, Writer’s Digest, and literary magazines. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and their two sons. (added from Random House)… (more)

Michael Paterniti (Driving Mr. Albert, The telling room)

Michael Paterniti won the 1998 National Magazine Award for his article "Driving Mr. Albert," which was first published in Harper's Magazine. A former executive editor of Outside, his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Details, and Esquire, where he is writer-at-large. He lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife and son. (added from Random House)… (more)

Jon Klimo (Channeling, Suicide, Handbook to the Afterlife, Journey of Your Soul)
John Friedlander (Psychic Psychology, Practicing Your Energy Skills for Life and Relationships, Navigating the Seven Planes of Consciousness, Dark Pool of Light, Volume Two, Journey of Your Soul, Dark Pool of Light 3 Volume Set)
Shepherd Hoodwin (Journey of Your Soul)

Professor of Psychology at the APA-accredited Argosy University, Jon Klimo, PhD, is considered to be the world's leading authority on the subject of Channeling and is the author of the definitive work Channeling: Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources.
John Friedlander has been teaching psychic skills since the 1970s. He coauthored Basic Psychic Development and Psychic Psychology with Gloria Hemsher. The author lives in Laguna Niguel, CA.
Shepherd Hoodwin has been Channeling since 1986. He specializes in the Michael teachings, and practices healing, mediumship, past-life readings and therapy, counseling, and coaches others to channel. (added from Random House)… (more)

Andy Ricker (Pok Pok)

ANDY RICKER worked in restaurants all over the world before settling in Portland, Oregon, where he opened his first restaurant, Pok Pok. He has since gone on to open Whiskey Soda Lounge, Noi, and Lat Khao in Portland, and Pok Pok and Wings in New York City. He has been featured in Food & Wine,Saveur, and Bon Appetit. He splits his time between New York and Portland, OR. (added from Random House)… (more)

Mark Hyman, M.D., is the editor in chief of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, the most prestigious journal in the field of integrative medicine. After ten years as co-medical director at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, he is now in private practice in Lenox, Massachusetts. He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Ultraprevention. His websites are www.drhyman.com and www.ultrametabolism.com. (added from Simon & Schuster)… (more)