Lionel Brockman Richie Jr.

Edward Jaku was a survivor of several German concentration camps during World War II who wrote of his wartime experiences after emigrating to Australia.

Jennifer Grey is best known for her iconic portrayal of Baby in the classic film *Dirty Dancing*, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She also starred in the acclaimed series *Red Oaks* and won season eleven of *Dancing with the Stars*. At 62, she authored *Out of the Corner*, a memoir described as a powerful coming-of-age story about personal evolution.

Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. He is a nine-time GRAMMY-winning producer and author of The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Penguin Random House, 432 pages). He lives part time with his family in Tuscany, Italy.

Kevin Fedarko is an author and journalist who has spent the past twenty years writing about conservation, exploration, and the Grand Canyon. He studied at Columbia University and Oxford, and has worked as a staff writer at Time (primarily on the foreign affairs desk) and a senior editor at Outside. He has also written for Esquire, National Geographic, and The New York Times, and is the author of The Emerald Mile and A Walk in the Park.

Barry Hoffner is the author of Belonging to the World, a memoir chronicling his journey to every country on Earth. After earning his MBA from Columbia University, he worked in investment banking globally before a midcareer sabbatical transformed his path. He is also the founder and executive director of Caravan to Class, a nonprofit that builds schools in Mali, Africa, and is the father of two sons.