Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Eckhart Tolle is a German “spiritual teacher” and self-help author.

Beloved British fantasy author of the Discworld series, known for his satirical wit and having sold over 85 million books worldwide.

Jon Kabat-Zinn (born June 5, 1944) is an American professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, scientist, writer, and meditation teacher. He is the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). His books include *Full Catastrophe Living* (1990) and *Wherever You Go, There You Are*, among others.

William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and is best known for originating the "philosophy and popular culture" book genre with Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing in 1999 and The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer in 2001..

Atlas Britton is the author of *Provocative Philosophical Questions That Inspire Deep Thinking and Deeper Living* (2023), an audiobook narrated by Joshua Johnson and available on Audible.