Sarah Katz is a deaf freelance journalist, essayist, and poet based in Northern Virginia. Learn more about her work at sarahbeakatz.com or sign up for her Substack, Needs Editing.

Michelle Knight, now known as Lily Rose Lee, is the author of "Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings" and the #1 New York Times bestseller "Finding Me."

Sarah Kuta is a writer and editor based in Colorado. Her work has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, NBC News, Conde Nast Traveler, Robb Report, Food & Wine, Lonely Planet, the Denver Post, 5280 Magazine, the Toronto Star, and many other publications.

David Lauterborn is the former editor of the award-winning magazines Military History and Wild West. He and wife Jill hail from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, the original “gateway to the West” for Corps of Discovery co-captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who mapped much of our nascent nation for the Army.

Tom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist based in London who writes mainly about science, archaeology, history, the earth, the oceans and space.

Kallie Moore manages the University of Montana paleontology collection and is a host and content consultant for the YouTube channel PBS Eons. Her debut children's book, "Tales of the Prehistoric World" was released by Neon Squid in 2002 and she is an Executive Producer of the film "Why Dinosaurs?" (2024).

Rebecca Morris is the New York Times bestselling author of "A Murder in My Hometown." She's also written, "A Killing in Amish Country," "If I Can't Have You , "Ted and Ann," and other books.

John Murph is an award-winning journalist and DJ. His work has been published in The Washington Post, DownBeat, NPR Music, TIDAL Music, AARP The Magazine and Washington Lawyer.

Jennifer Nalewicki is a Salt Lake City-based journalist who has covered science for Smithsonian, Scientific American, Live Science and more.

Mark Piesing, a freelance journalist based in Oxford, UK, was a finalist for Media Aviation Awards in both 2024 and 2025. He is author of N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia. Learn more more at markpiesing.com or follow him @MarkPiesing.

Robert Rand is the author of "The Menendez Murder: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings That Stunned the Nation."