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Mike Shatzkin

When Mike Shatzkin was 8 years old, he would amuse himself typing tabular lists of presidents of the United States on a portable Underwood he found at his grandmother’s house. Mike’s father, Leonard Shatzkin figured he’d better learn to touch-type. “Either we teach him the right way or he’ll teach himself the wrong way....[more]

Russell Ash

Russell Ash is best known as the creator and compiler of Top 10 of Everything (annual, 1989–) and related titles (Hamlyn, UK; Sterling, USA, and in various editions around the world). He has also written numerous books on art (principally 19th-century painters), popular reference (such as his annual Whitaker's World of....[more]

Nabesh Bohidar

James Charlton

Jim has spent his entire life in book publishing, as an editor, marketing director, publisher, literary agent, book packager and writer. For the past six years he was the publications director for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), a non-profit organization of more than 7,000 members. He was responsib....[more]

James A. Michener

Nathan Aaseng

Juvenile Nonfiction, Political Science

Nathan Aaseng grew up in Minnesota and worked as a microbiologist for four years before becoming a writer. He has written over ninety books for young readers, including biographies, and sports and science books.

ABBE Research Division Staff

Computers, Family & Relationships, Health & Fitness, History, Law, Medical, Psychology, Religion, Technology & Engineering

David D. Adams

Travel

American Sport Education Program

Sports & Recreation

Appalachian Mountain Club Books

Sports & Recreation, Travel

Joseph L. Arbena

Social Science, Sports & Recreation

Norman S. Barrett

History, Juvenile Nonfiction, Sports & Recreation

Norman S. Barrett is a prolific author of books for children. Born on August 27, 1935, in London, England, Barrett was educated at St. Catherine's College, Oxford (B.A., 1957; M.A., with honors, 1960). He has written over 100 nonfiction books, some of them under the names of N. S. Barrett, C. J. Norman, and R. J. Steph....[more]