BenBella

Jennifer O’Connell

Bachelorette #1, Jennifer’s bestselling debut novel, was called a “poolside page turner” by Cosmopolitan and declared “chick-lit at its most fun” by the Denver Post. Dress Rehearsal, Jennifer’s second book, was selected as a “hot book pick” by US Weekly, hailed as a “sassy novel” by LIFE Magazine and dubbed “perfect” by The Boston Herald. Her third book, Off the Record, will be available September 2005, and Plan B, Jennifer’s first teen chick-lit book, will be published by MTV Books in April 2006. Jennifer received her B.A. from Smith College and her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. She can be contacted via www.jenniferoconnell.com.

Flirting with Pride & Prejudice

Dr. Sten Odenwald

Sten Odenwald received his Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University in 1982, and has since been employed by the Space Sciences Division of the Naval Research Laboratory (1982-1990), BDM International (1991-1992), the Applied Research Corporation (1993-1996) and most recently Raytheon (1996-2000+), all located in the greater Washington, D.C. area. He has turned his creative energies toward public education, writing for magazines such as Astronomy and Sky and Telescope. He has won a number of awards from NASA, Raytheon and the American Astronomical Society for his education work. He is the author of four books, The Astronomy Cafe (1998), The 23rd Cycle: Learning to Live with a Stormy Star (2000), Patterns in the Void: Why Nothing is Important (2002) and Back to the Astronomy Cafe (2003). His award-winning Web site the Astronomy Cafe (www.astronomycafe.net) is a great place to visit for information on space and astronomy from A to Z. Dr. Odenwald currently works with NASA as Education and Public Outreach Manager for the IMAGE satellite project and is involved with the NASA Office of Space Science’s “Sun-Earth Connection Education Form,” where he develops new NASA resources in solar-terrestrial science education, and works with teachers at national conventions and workshops across the country. He received NASA’s “Excellence in Outreach” award in 1999 from the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Stepping Through the Stargate

Dennis O'Neil

Dennis O’Neil is a former comic book writer and editor for Marvel Comics and DC Comics; wrote the novelization for the film “Batman Begins”; and is the author of Batman: Shaman and Batman Sword of Azrael. He wrote the main Batman title in the 1970s and 1980s and is the former group editor for the Batman family of books. He lives in Nyack, N.Y.

Batman Unauthorized

James A. Owen

James A. Owen is the author and illustrator of the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica—which includes Here, There Be Dragons, The Search for the Red Dragon and The Indigo King—as well as the Starchild comic series. He lives and works in northeastern Arizona.

Secrets of the Dragon Riders

Terrell Owens

Terrell Owens is currently a wide receiver with the Buffalo Bills. He is one of the league’s most exciting players and the author of the autobiographies Catch This and T.O.

Little T Learns to Share

Micheal Ozner, MD

Michael D. Ozner, M.D., FACC, is a nationally renowned pioneer and advocate of preventive cardiology. Dr. Ozner earned his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and pursued a Cardiology Fellowship from Stanford University/Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in California. A board-certified cardiologist, Dr. Ozner is Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and past chairman of the American Heart Association of Miami. He is Medical Director of Wellness and Prevention at Baptist Health South Florida, and Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Prevention Institute of South Florida. Dr. Ozner is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

A well-known national speaker and symposium director, Dr. Ozner has appeared widely on radio, television and in the print media speaking out against fad diets and the American way of eating. He is passionate about educating Americans on the benefits of adopting the well-studied and well-documented Mediterranean diet and lifestyle as a way to live longer, healthier lives free of heart disease and other diet-related conditions.

Miami Mediterranean Diet