Rhodes, Richard

Richard Rhodes won a Pulitzer Prize for his narrative history The Making of the Atomic Bomb. He is the author or editor of 23 books, most recently The Twilight of the Bombs.

Dinkelspiel, Frances

Frances Dinkelspiel is the author of Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, co-founder of the news site berkeleyside.com, and contributor to The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and People.

Ansary, Tamim

Tamim Ansary's Destiny Disrupted, A History of the World through Islamic Eyes won the 2009 Northern California Book Award for nonfiction. Born and raised in Afghanistan, Ansary has lived in American since 1964.

Stiles, T.J.

T.J. Stiles won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and son.