Author Bios

Kwei Quartey was born in Ghana and raised by an African American mother and a Ghanaian father, both of whom were university lecturers. He lives in Pasadena, California where he runs a …

Patrick Bond is a political economist at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Development Studies in Durban, where since 2004 he has directed the Centre for Civil Society. Working …

Frances Moore Lappé is the author of 20 books, beginning with Diet for a Small Planet. Most recently, she wrote It's Not Too Late: Crisis, Opportunity, and the Power …

Allan S. Teel is a family physician in Damariscotta, Maine. During his 25-year medical career, he has worked with thousands of older patients in the hospital, at nursing homes, …

Christine MacDonald is an environmental journalist and the author of ‘Green Inc., An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad’ (The Lyons Press).