Author Bios

Maud Woolf is a British fiction author known for blending science fiction with philosophical depth and sharp social commentary.

Joshua David Bellin is a published author.

Bruce Rettig is a visual artist and educator based in the Pacific Northwest. His work explores the intersection of visual art, science, and personal experience. He is the author of Refraction: A Memoir of Art, Science, and Loss.

R.E. Burrillo is an archaeologist specializing in the Colorado Plateau region. His work focuses on the cultural landscape of the American Southwest, with particular attention to the Bears Ears region. He writes and speaks on public lands policy and Indigenous heritage preservation.

Janine de Nysschen is a South African strategy consultant, turnaround business leader, and writer whose career spans three continents and more than three decades. She began her professional life in South Africa during the late 1980s and early 1990s, working within intelligence structures during the country’s transition to democracy under President Nelson Mandela, an experience…

Ike Onyema Obi is a Nigerian entrepreneur and multiple business owner whose career spans the oil sector, waste management, and real estate development across West Africa. He grew up in Port Harcourt, in Rivers State, Nigeria, as the eldest son of Eugene and Theresa Ijeoma Obi, in a large compound community where over forty families…

Mike Partners (born August 31, 1988) is an entrepreneur, investor, and author whose work sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, education, and emerging technology. He is the founder of Visionary School, a modern learning platform built on the premise that education must be redesigned for an era of rapid technological change, with an emphasis…

Camilla Trinchieri is an Italian-American crime fiction author born in Milan who has lived and worked in the United States. She writes the Tuscan Mystery series featuring Nico Doyle, a retired New York homicide detective who relocates to a small wine-producing town in Tuscany after the death of his wife. The series blends Italian atmosphere,…