Jean-Pierre Vernant
Jean-Pierre Vernant is a professor at the Collège de France in Paris and one of the foremost classicists of our time. He is the author of numerous scholarly books on Greek thought, myths, tragedy, politics, society, and religion. Linda Asher, a ... [... more]
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Martin Van Creveld
Martin Van Creveld, born in the Netherlands, has lived in Israel since 1950 and is Israel's most prominent military historian. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he has been on the ... [... more]
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Eric Velasquez
Eric Velasquez has illustrated numerous childrenís books including Chain of Fire and Journey to Joíburg: A South African Story, both by Beverly Naidoo. He lives in New York City. [... more]
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Julie Vargo
Julie Vargo is an award-winning journalist and creative director who spent five years as the fashion editor of the Dallas Times Herald; her articles have appeared in The Boston Herald, Baltimore Sun, Beautiful Kitchens, Women's Wear Daily, and ... [... more]
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Daniel Vasella, M.D.
Dr. Daniel Vasella has been the chairman and CEO of Novartis, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, since it was formed in 1996. A native of Switzerland, he was a practicing physician before joining the industry as a pharmaceutical ... [... more]
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Ned Vizzini
Ned Vizzini began writing for the New York Press at the age of 15. At 17, he was asked to write a piece for the New York Times Magazine, and at 19, he published Teen Angst? Naaah..., his autobiography of his years of Stuyvesant High School. [... more]
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Rachel Vail
Rachel Vail is the author of The Friendship Ring series, as well as Wonder, Do-Over, Ever After, and Daring to be Abigail. She has also written the picture books Over the Moon and Sometimes I'm Bombaloo, and a series of early-reader books called ... [... more]
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Boris Vallejo
Boris Vallejo is one of the world's top fantasy artists, best known as the visual creator of Conan the Barbarian. His fantasy art books include Enchantment, Ladies, Fantasy Art Techniques, and The Boris Vallejo Portfolio, and he has also ... [... more]
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F. Robert van der Linden
F. Robert der Linden is curator of aeronautics at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. He lives in Boyds, Maryland. [... more]
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Carl-Johan Vallgren
Carl-Johan Vallgren is the author of eight novels, of which The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot is the first to be translated into English. His novels have been translated into eleven languages. He lives in ... [... more]
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Zoe Valdes
Novelist and poet Zoé Valdés was born in Cuba in 1959. Her two earlier novels, Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada and I Gave You All I Had, have also appeared in English translation. Zoé Valdés lives in Paris with her daughter. [... more]
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Vivid Girls
The Vivid Girls include Vivid Video stars Jenna Jameson, Savanna Samson, Tawny Roberts, Kira Kener, Dasha, Sunrise Adams, Briana Banks, and Mercedez. [... more]
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