Our Authors

Robb Pearlman

Robb Pearlman is a pop culturalist and New York Times author of over 40 books for adults and children, including seven Star Trek books. He is a frequent guest and speaker at Star Trek and pop culture conventions.

Adam Pearson

Adam Pearson is a successful entrepreneur who has been involved in growing several multimillion-dollar businesses across different industries. But his proudest accomplishment to date, besides having great kids and a wonderful marriage, is the success of his family business, Fortunato Chocolate. Along with his brother and father, Adam has been responsible for putting a rare and exquisite chocolate into the hands of tens of thousands of adoring customers all over the world. Adam is a visionary who excels in discovering markets hungry for unique products and is a master at developing deep brand loyalty.

Books by Adam Pearson

Vincent Pedre, MD

Vincent Pedre, MD, is the medical director of Pedre Integrative Health and founder of Dr. Pedre Wellness, nutraceutical consultant for NatureMD and Orthomolecular Products, CEO of Happy Gut Life LLC, and a functional medicine-certified practitioner in private practice since 2004. With his proprietary ‘blueprint’ for healing the gut, the Gut C.A.R.E.® Program, he has helped thousands around the world resolve their gut-related health issues.

Books by Vincent Pedre, MD

Jon Pelson

After an early career on Wall Street and Madison Avenue, Jon Pelson spent nearly twenty-five years working as an executive at some of the world’s largest telecom equipment makers and service providers, helping create and market wireless products and solutions. His roles included serving as Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for Lucent Technologies and Chief Convergence Officer for British Telecom, where he created and drove the company’s global wireless strategy. During this time, Pelson traveled to China and watched that country’s fledgling telecommunications companies grow and eventually seize the world lead. His observations on China’s use of home-grown business giants to advance geopolitical goals form the basis for his book, Wireless Wars, China’s Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We’re Fighting Back. 

A frequent public speaker at industry events and advisor to government and private organizations, Pelson has lectured at Duke University, William & Mary, and other colleges and associations. He has a degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. Pelson lives with his family in Great Falls, Virginia.

Books by Jon Pelson

Gregory E. Pence

Gregory E. Pence, PhD, is an international expert on the ethics of human cloning. A year after the birth of the lamb Dolly in 1997, he wrote Who’s Afraid of Human Cloning? and in 2004, Cloning After Dolly: Who’s Still Afraid?. In 2000, he was the lone bioethicist to testify before Congress and the California Senate against bills that would have criminalized human cloning. He has talked about cloning humans at endowed lectures in Brazil, Switzerland, Australia, and on many North American campuses.

He has taught for 40 years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he Chairs Philosophy. For 34 years, he taught a required course in Bioethics at UAB to 160 medical students, a course that discussed human cloning. His teams have won three national championships in college Ethics Bowls and he has won the two top teaching awards at UAB. His Medical Ethics has run seven editions over 25 years with McGraw-Hill. He has published over 60 op-ed essays in the New York Times, Birmingham News, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek, including many on cloning humans.

Books edited by Gregory E. Pence

What We Talk About When We Talk About Clone ClubWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Clone Club

Otto Penzler

Otto Penzler, who graduated from the University of Michigan, wrote 101 Greatest Movies of Mystery and Suspense (2000). For the New York Sun, he wrote “The Crime Scene,” a popular weekly mystery fiction column that ran for several years. He has worked with several outstanding authors including Elmore Leonard, Nelson DeMille, Joyce Carol Oates, Sue Grafton, Mary Higgins Clark, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke and Thomas H. Cook. Located in Tribeca, The Mysterious Bookshop is one of the oldest and largest mystery specialist bookstores in America.

Books edited by Otto Penzler

In Pursuit of SpenserIn Pursuit of Spenser

Hudson Perigo

Hudson Perigo is a writer/editor living in Los Angeles. She has collaborated with physicians, educators, scientists, and business leaders on more than 30 books.

Books by Hudson Perigo

Loni Peristere

Loni Peristere was born in Natick, Mass. He graduated from UMASS Boston, then went to work for Joss Whedon as visual effects supervisor on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Firefly” and “Serenity.” Loni co-founded the multi-award winning visual effects company Zoic Studios. He has won an Emmy, two VES awards, a Clio, a London International Advertising Award and a Gold Pencil. Loni recently turned his focus back to writing and is currently developing several projects.

Lori Perkins

Lori Perkins

Lori Perkins is a founder and former editorial director of erotica e-publisher Ravenous Romance, and has been a literary agent for 20 years. She is the author of The Insider’s Guide to Getting an Agent (Writers Digest Books), and has edited 20 erotica anthologies and more than 100 erotic novels, as well as published erotica under a pseudonym.

Books edited by Lori Perkins

Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of GreyFifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey