Nancy Rommelmann is the author of "To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder."

Ale Russian is a writer, reporter and communications professional with work published in multiple nationally recognized titles.

Katie Gee Salisbury is the author of Not Your China Doll, a new biography of Anna May Wong, Hollywood's first Asian American movie star. She also writes the Substack Half-Caste Woman.

Zach Schonfeld is a freelance journalist and critic based in New York. He was formerly a senior writer at Newsweek. His most recent book, "How Coppola Became Cage," a biography of Nicolas Cage, was published in 2023.

Hilary Shenfeld is a Chicago-based freelance journalist who has written for A&E Real Crime, People magazine, Newsweek, the Chicago Tribune and more.

In these quiet days leading up to her PowerBall win, writer and editor Ann Shields lives in NYC with her family. She likes museums, road trips, local bars, getting lost and laughing.

Adam M. Sowards is a historian and writer based in western Washington. He is the author of several books, including the award-winning An Open Pit Visible from the Moon: The Wilderness Act and the Fight to Protect Miners Ridge and the Public Interest and Making America's Public Lands: The Contested History of Conservation on Federal Lands. He is currently writing a history of the national park system.

Elana Spivack is a journalist with bylines in Scientific American, Slate, Popular Science and more. She lives in New York City with her tuxedo cat.

John Stapleton IV is an award-winning journalist and wildlife enthusiast. He is the author of Hidden Gems: Business Basics for Kids.

Authors of "In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators."

Kevin Sullivan is the author of "Ted Bundy's Murderous Mysteries: The Many Victims of America's Most Infamous Serial Killer," "The Bundy Murders" and other books.

Jack Tamisiea is a freelance journalist and science writer based in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, National Geographic and several other popular publications. You can read more of his work at jacktamisiea.com