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Rob Sheffield is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. In addition to writing music reviews and profile stories, Sheffield also writes the Pop Life column in the Mixed Media section of the magazine. His work has also been featured in The Village Voice and Spin . A native of Boston, Sheffield attended Yale and the University of Virginia, and is six foot five. His first book, Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time , was released by Random House in January 2007. It received starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal

Prior to joining the Pepperdine School of Law, Professor Larson was the Russell Professor of History and held the Talmadge Chair in Law at the University of Georgia. He received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in history. Professor Larson specializes in law, science and technology, and health care law. The author of seven books and over sixty published articles, Professor Larson writes mostly about issues of science, medicine, and law from an historical perspective. His books are *A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 (2007), The Creation-Evolution Debate: Historical Perspectives (2007), Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theor (2004), Evolution's Workshop: God and Science in the Galapagos Islands (2001), Sex, Race, and Science Eugenics in the Deep South (1995), Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution (1985, 1989, 2003 rev. ed.)* and the Pulitzer Prize-winning *Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (1997)*. His articles have appeared in such varied journals as *Nature, Scientific American, Atlantic Monthly, Michigan Law Review, The Nation, Time, Wall Street Journal, Virginia Law Review, Christianity Today, Christian Century, Journal of the History of Medicine and British Journal for the History of Science*.

Mixed-media painter Dawolu Jabari Anderson attended Texas Southern University in Houston. While enrolled there, he participated in numerous prestigious exhibitions. Along with his individual success, Anderson is a founding member of the Otabenga Jones & Associates collective, which was formed by Anderson and the artists Jamal Cyrus, Kenya Evans, and Robert Pruitt after meeting at Texas Southern University. In 2006, the collective was invited to participate in the Whitney Biennial, displaying both their collective and individual works, and all have since experienced steady success.

John C. Knapp, PhD, is University Professor and Mann Family Professor of Ethics and Leadership. He serves as founding Director of the Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership, established in the Brock School of Business to support teaching, research and service across the Samford University campus. Before joining Samford in 2008, he was Professor and Director of the Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, the fifth largest business school in the United States. The center was established under his leadership 1993 and grew to become one of the nation's leading resources for leaders seeking to strengthen ethics and integrity in organizations. Internationally known as a featured speaker and seminar leader for business and professional organizations, Dr. Knapp contributes to public understanding of ethics through frequent interviews with such media as *The New York Times*, *BusinessWeek*, *Sports Illustrated*, *Entrepreneur*, National Public Radio, *Financial Week* and Bloomberg News Service. His books include *For the Common Good: the Ethics of Leadership in the 21st Century* and *Leaders on Ethics: Real-World Perspectives on Today's Business Challenges*. He is co-editor of the forthcoming three-volume set, *The Business of Higher Education*. In 2009, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company will release his newest book, *World's Apart: How the Church Fails Businesspeople (and What Can Be Done about It)*. Dr. Knapp's scholarly work was recognized in 2007 with his induction into the Martin Luther King Jr. International Collegium of Scholars at Morehouse College, and in 2001 with the Georgia Governor's Award in the Humanities. He is an adjunct Professor of Ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary, teaching courses in the doctoral program, and previously was Senior Scholar and Professor of Ethical Leadership at Kennesaw State University.

Lea Donosky is an experienced manager of online interactivity and strategic planning. As The Atlanta Journal-Constitutions' first internet Interactivity Manager, she has been a frequently requested panelist and advisor on blogs, social networks and employee participation in social networking. In more than three years as liaison with and advocate for visitors of ajc.com, blog traffic increased more than 10 fold, to half a billion page views annually, which generated more than 15,000 comments/interactions a week online. She is responsible for developing strategy and content for several web channels. Prior to in her Internet career, she was a journalist for the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Newsweek Magazine and The Chicago Tribune. A native Texan, reporting assignments have taken her to live in New York City, London, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Her coverage, and later editing of local, regional, national and international issues, inform her outlook on technology and business.

Jay Allison is an independent broadcast journalist. His work airs on NPR's *All Things Considered* and *Morning Edition*, PRI's *This American Life*, and other national programs. He is well-known for his role as the curator and producer of *This I Believe* on NPR, and is co-editor of the bestselling books based on the series. He was the 1996 recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding contributions to public radio, the industry's highest honor. In 2002, he received the Public Radio News Directors' Leo C. Lee Award for lasting commitment to public radio journalism. Allison is co-producer of *Lost & Found Sound* and *The Sonic Memorial Project* and *Hidden Kitchens* (with the Kitchen Sisters), *The Miles Davis Radio Project* (with Steve Rowland & Quincy Troupe), *Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project* (with Laurie Block), *Stories from the Heart of the Land* (with Emily Botein), and many other series, including *Life Stories* (with Christina Egloff). For ABC *News Nightline*, Allison worked as a solo-crew--shooting, reporting, and producing half-hour television specials. Ted Koppel has called him "a journalist in the finest tradition." He is the Executive Director of Atlantic Public Media (APM), a non-profit organization he founded to create a public radio service for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, in collaboration with WGBH-Boston. Locally, Allison hosts a weekly 4-hour "documentary DJ" program called Arts & Ideas. Allison is a founder of the Association of Independents in Radio and the originator and host of online forums for public broadcasting. Currently, Allison is working with The Moth in New York City to develop a new series for public radio.

Why I love writing erotica. Born in Aurora, Illinois, reared in New Orleans, Louisiana, throughout high school I was very shy and extremely curious about many things in life. English was my favorite subject and experiencing my first orgasm was my greatest discovery about my body. Writing allowed me to express what I would not say. Having sex at the age of 14, I desperately wanted someone to love me. It's not funny, rather strange, because at that time I didn't know the meaning of love. Love is a noun. It's a thing. How does one find and when does one lose . . . love? I got pregnant at 14, miscarried at 15, and experienced my first orgasm at 16. From our front door, through our shotgun home to the back door, no one, and I mean no one ever whispered let alone spoke openly about sex or love. So I had to figure out on my own what this phenomenon folks were raving about meant to me. Relationship 101 or should I say, "One on one?" I married at 21, gave birth to our son at 22, separated at 23, and divorced at 24. Like growing up in that shotgun house at 2118 Second Street in New Orleans, I journeyed a parallel path that didn't require me think about which door to open or shut. Having my son gave me someone to unconditionally love . . . eternally. I met my soul mate when I was 24 and we dated for I say 5 he says 7 years. It probably felt like 7 years to him. After we parted I decided to write a novel inspired by but not based upon our relationship. Seven years would pass before I wrote, Soul Mates Dissipate under my birth name, Mary B. Morrison. The juxtaposed dichotomy of love and sex intrigues me. In my writings you will find love or the lack there of is the underlying motivation for my characters' rational and moreso irrational behavior. I earned an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Vista (now Berkeley) Community College and I've worked 18 years for the government (14 of those years for Housing and Urban Development). I was a GS-14 with a non-competitive GS-15. Translating that to dollars that made sense, I earned nearly six-figures when I resigned on June 3, 2000, withdrew my retirement, self-publish Soul Mates Dissipate, and am excited about doing my first movie. God is great and I am truly grateful . . . for you. Thanks for supporting me. I mean that from my heart to yours. Sexcapades is my ninth novel and my first erotica book published under my pen name, HoneyB. Between the pages, the lines, the lies, and lives of each character, I hope you'll find love.

Prioleau Alexander attended College at Auburn University. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division and 1st Armored Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Alexander is the author of *You Want Fries with That? A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage*.

Dr. Daniel S. Papp became the third president of Kennesaw State University July 1, 2006. Prior to being named president by the Board of Regents, Papp served as senior vice chancellor for academics and fiscal affairs of the University System of Georgia. Senior vice chancellor since 2000, Papp was responsible for system-wide academic, faculty and student issues and concerns; business and financial affairs; academic and business information-technology systems; and strategic planning affecting all of the university systems 35 institutions. Before becoming senior vice chancellor, Papp directed educational programs for Yamacraw, Georgia's initiative to become the global leader in broadband technologies and components. Papp served as interim president of Southern Polytechnic State University from 1997 to 1998 and as executive assistant to the president at Georgia Tech from 1994 to 1997. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth College, Papp received his doctorate in international affairs from the University of Miami. His academic specialties include international security policy, U.S. and Russian foreign and defense policies, and international system change. He is the author or editor of 10 books on these topics, including the biography of former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk. He also has published more than 60 journal articles and chapters in edited books.

David Poythress is a Georgia politician. He has served terms as Secretary of State and Commissioner of Labor of the state of Georgia. Poythress also served as the Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard from 1999 until 2007, initially appointed by Governor Roy Barnes and subsequently reappointed by Governor Sonny Perdue. He retired as a Lieutenant General. In 1998, Poythress made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of Georgia.

Joel Cowan holds Georgia Tech's William B. Turner Chair in Servant Leadership and is an adjunct professor for the College of Management and the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship. Owner of the investment company Habersham & Cowan, Inc., he founded Georgia's Peachtree City, serving as the town's first mayor from 1959 to 1963. He served as CEO of Peachtree City's development company through 1976. Cowan also has developed such projects as Phipps Plaza, Snapfinger Woods, and Palmetto Dunes. A member of the Society of International Business Fellows and the Carter Center's Board of Councilors, Cowan has shifted his focus in recent years from real-estate development to international activities. He does trade, technology transfer and merchant banking in the Netherlands and the emerging economies of Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia and China. His nonprofit contributions in these same regions include education and leadership training. Cowan is currently a director of World Airways Holdings, Inc. He also directs the EastWest Institute in New York and the Center for International Leadership in Washington, DC. He has held leadership positions with the Atlanta and Georgia Chambers of Commerce, and was the founding chairman of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District.