Author Bios

Christopher Fisher is an independent Sonoma County journalist whose work has appeared at Civil Eats, Grist, and the Petaluma Bounty blog. He is also the Vice President of the recently reborn Petaluma Grange, one …

Sam Carrigan is a writer from Virginia.

Valerie Rose Brinton is a depth psychologist at Fillmore's Wellness Center in the Santa Clara River valley of Southern California. Her research on the transpersonal nature of post traumatic …

Justin Doolittle is a freelance writer.

Andrew Elrod is a writer living in New York.

Bethania Palma Markus is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist.

Sarahjane Blum is a small business owner and an animal rights activist. She lives in Minneapolis.  

Kara Brandeisky is a reporting intern at ProPublica. She previously interned at NPR, Slate, Congressional Quarterly, The New Yorker Washington bureau and The New Republic. She graduated from Georgetown …

Brad Parker is an attorney and international advocacy officer with Defence for Children International Palestine, an independent child-rights organization dedicated to defending and promoting the rights of children living …