Authors

MICHAEL S. GLICKMAN is the founder of jMUSE, a pioneering venture in arts and culture philanthropy, bringing together institutions, experts, and philanthropists to experiment with new ways to cultivate important ideas and innovative content across the United States, Israel, and Europe. He is part of the core team that developed Anne Frank The Exhibition in New York, one of the most successful history-based exhibitions to be presented in the U.S. He launched The Jewish Museums Project; developed Activating Archives, Libraries, and Museums in the Fight Against Antisemitism; and regularly produces nationally recognized initiatives that connect culture, history, and philanthropy. Prior to founding jMUSE in 2019, he served as president and CEO of New York’s Holocaust Museum (Museum of Jewish Heritage), led the Center for Jewish History, and was vice president at Long Island University. He is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University, holds an MPA from Columbia University, and earned both his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Long Island University.

AARON GLICKMAN has worked in South Florida media for nearly 20 years, documenting a regional transformation that has catapulted Miami into a city of international significance. He is currently president of Glickman Media Incorporated, a media company that concentrates on long- and short-form documentary content that highlights the humanity innate within the fabric of our country. He is the publisher and executive producer of Current.Miami, a hyperlocal digital media platform that tells stories through documentary storytelling and interviews. Prior to Current, he was the publisher of SocialMiami.com, a 25-year-old platform that highlights the city's society scene. Through his roles as a digital media publisher and documentary filmmaker, he has worked with many well-known brands, institutions, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies to create marketing strategies that incorporate video content and events.

PETER GODWIN was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He is the author of six nonfiction books, including Mukiwa, which received the George Orwell Prize and the Esquire-Apple-Waterstones Award, and When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, which won the Borders Original Voices Award. His book The Fear was selected by The New Yorker as a best book of the year. He has taught writing at Wesleyan and Columbia and served as president of the PEN American Center. He is an Orwell fellow and a Guggenheim fellow.

AMANDA GOETZ is a two-time founder and four-time chief marketing officer, and was a single mom to three small children before finding love again. She spent two decades building and growing consumer-facing brands before shifting to writing, teaching, and coaching ambitious working parents on how to balance success and life. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois and, after hustling the streets of New York for more than a decade, is now testing out every sunscreen in the world on her children in Miami.

BUNNY GONOPOLSKAYA is a first-time author who draws on her own experience and that of her female contemporaries to provide a humorous take on women aging in today's society. From the high rise offices of New York and the halls of power in government, to meeting freedom fighters, refugees, and national leaders from Afghanistan to Rwanda and Colombia, she has witnessed real life superheroines all her life. With a powerful refugee story of her own, she draws from and honors the fierce women of her life – her mother, aunts, and grandmothers – who didn't let anything stop them, no matter their age. Yet as she and her contemporaries have aged, their roles have too often been diminished and their abilities overlooked. With love for the comic form, she set out to create a superhero who represents that woman of a certain age capable of reminding the world of what she can conquer.

From Manhattan to Miami, NADINE GONZALEZ writes modern love stories for today’s romance readers. The author of nine contemporary romances, including Scandal In The VIP Suite and What Happens In Miami..., her latest release, Only Lovers in the Building (Canary Street Press), is a USA Today bestseller. Of Haitian descent, she prizes tales with wide cultural diversity. For more information, visit www.nadine-gonzalez.com.

MILITZA GONZÁLEZ es una comunicadora que ama leer, escribir y contar historias que conectan con la gente. Con casi 30 años de experiencia profesional en comunicaciones corporativas y marketing trabajando para empresas multinacionales, se ha destacado como especialista en estrategia de comunicaciones, relaciones públicas, comunicaciones internas y posicionamiento de marca. Su formación académica incluye una certificación en Marketing Digital de e-Cornell, estudios de postgrado en Marketing en la Universidad Central de Venezuela; y una licenciatura en Comunicación Social de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, también en su natal Venezuela.

RAÚL GONZÁLEZ (Caracas, 1971) es presentador, actor y locutor venezolano, radicado en Estados Unidos. Inició en teatro infantil y programas televisivos para niños. Trabajó en radio, HTV, Discovery Kids y Nickelodeon. Ha trabajado en Telemundo y Univisión y actualmente es anfitrión del programa Despierta América. Este año lanza su biografía La verdad muere de pie.

Dr. ANGELO GOUSSE, M.D., is a Haitian‑born urologist and specialist in female pelvic medicine, neuro‑urology, and reconstructive surgery. A graduate of Yale School of Medicine, he completed his urology residency at Baylor College of Medicine and fellowship training at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gousse served on faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as vice chair, residency program director, and fellowship director for female urology. He now directs the Bladder Health and Reconstructive Urology Institute and leads female pelvic medicine and reconstructive urology training at Memorial Hospital Miramar in South Florida. Widely recognized for advancing care for voiding dysfunction and overactive bladder, he has performed more than 1,000 reconstructive procedures and helped bring sacral neuromodulation innovations to the region. In 2024, he received the American Urological Association’s Distinguished Contribution Award. Gousse mentors emerging Haitian urologists and supports binational collaborations to expand surgical capacity and urologic education. He is board‑certified, bilingual, and Haitian Creole-speaking.

RANDALL GRASS is a Philadelphia-based writer, musician, and record label executive who has been involved with reggae music since 1972. He has written for such publications as Spin, Musician, Downbeat, and many others. His book Great Spirits: Portraits of Life-Changing World Music Artists was published in 2010, and he was a contributor to The Rolling Stone Album Guide, Reggae International, and Roots, Rasta and Revolution. He has worked with such artists as Rita Marley, Culture, Third World, Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì, Lucky Dube, Alpha Blondy, and many more. His radio show, Roots Rock Reggae/World Beat Dance Party, ran from 1979-1992.

NATALIE GREEN is the director of programs and partnerships at the National Book Foundation. Before joining NBF, she was the manager of Los Angeles Programs at PEN America. She holds a B.A. in English and creative writing from the University of California, Los Angeles, is co-chair of the Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends committee, and organizes with North Brooklyn Mutual Aid.

JAMES GRIPPANDO is a New York Times bestselling author with more than 30 books to his credit, including those in his acclaimed series featuring Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck. A winner of the Harper Lee Prize for legal fiction, he is also a trial lawyer and teaches law and literature at the University of Miami School of Law. He lives and writes in South Florida.

LAUREN GRODSTEIN is the author of We Must Not Think of Ourselves; The Explanation for Everything, a Washington Post Book of the Year;  and the The New York Times-bestselling A Friend of the Family, among other works. She is a professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden, where she directs the MFA program in creative writing.

MICHAEL GRUNWALD is the bestselling author of two widely acclaimed books, The Swamp and The New New Deal. He’s a former staff writer for The Washington Post, Time, and Politico, and winner of the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Award for investigative reporting, and many other journalism prizes.

GERMÁN GUERRA nació en Guantánamo, Cuba, en 1966. Poeta, fotógrafo y editor. Ha publicado Dos poemas (Colección Strumento, 1998), Libro de metal (Dylemma, 1998), Libro de silencio (Ediciones EntreRíos, 2007), Oficio de tinieblas (Aduana Vieja, 2014), Nadie ante el espejo (Bokeh, 2017), Los espejos los sueños la muerte (Piedra de Sísifo, 2020) y Antología personal (Ediciones Furtivas, 2024). Prologó y fueron incluidos varios de sus poemas en Reunión de ausentes: Antología de poetas cubanos (Término, 1998), textos suyos también aparecieron en Island of My Hunger: Cuban Poetry Today (City Lights, 2007), en la Antología de la poesía cubana del exilio (Aduana Vieja, 2011) y en 13 poetas (Hypermedia, 2017).

WENDY GUERRA (La Habana, 1970) se graduó en Dirección de Cine en el Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana, fue alumna del premio Nobel de literatura Gabriel García Márquez y ha sido conferencista en la Universidad de Princeton. Es autora de los poemarios Platea a oscuras (1987, Premio de la Universidad de La Habana), Cabeza rapada (1996, Premio Pinos Nuevos), Ropa interior (2008) y Una jaula en el cuerpo (2011). Ha publicado las novelas Todos se van (2006, Premio Bruguera, Premio Carbet des Lycéens, una de las mejores novelas del año según El País, seleccionada por la revista Latina como uno de los nueve mejores libros del año escritos por un autor latinoamericano y llevada al cine por Sergio Cabrera), Nunca fui primera dama (2008; Alfaguara, 2017), Posar desnuda en La Habana (Alfaguara, 2011), Negra (2013), Domingo de Revolución (2016, libro del mes por The New York Times) y El mercenario que coleccionaba obras de arte (Alfaguara, 2018). En 2007 fue seleccionada por Bogotá39 como uno de los treinta y nueve escritores más relevantes de la nueva generación de narradores latinoamericanos. En 2010 fue nombrada Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres en Francia, y en 2016 elevada al título de Oficial de la misma orden. Su obra ha sido traducida a más de veinte idiomas. Actualmente reside en Estados Unidos y trabaja como colaboradora VIP de CNÑ. La costurera de Chanel (Lumen, 2025) es su última novela.

KAREN GUGGENHEIM is the founder and CEO of WOHASU and the visionary behind the World Happiness Summit, the leading global event dedicated to advancing human flourishing. An international speaker, author of Cultivating Happiness: Overcome trauma and positively transform your life (Rider), and well-being advisor, she has brought together global leaders, researchers, and change makers to promote the science and practice of happiness. She collaborates with institutions and businesses to design strategies that foster resilience, purpose, and thriving communities. Recognized as a leading voice in the global well-being movement, she inspires audiences worldwide to embrace evidence-based tools for creating happier lives and organizations.

DAVE HAGE oversaw environmental and health reporting at the Minneapolis Star Tribune for a dozen years, editing projects that won a Pulitzer Prize and an Edward R. Murrow Award, among other honors. His previous books include No Retreat, No Surrender: Labor’s War at Hormel and Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work: One State’s Successful Experiment. A Minneapolis native, he lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with his wife.

TEHILA HAKIMI is a Jewish Book Council Award–winning fiction writer and poet. She was a participant in the 2018 Fulbright International Writing Program Fellowship at the University of Iowa, and is a recipient of the 2015 Bernstein Prize for Literature. Her short prose and poems have been published in translation in Asymptote, World Literature Today, and The Poetry Review, among others. She was also awarded Israel’s 2019 National Library’s Pardes Scholarship for writers and the 2018 Levi Eshkol Prize for Hebrew Writers.

BARBARA HAMBY is the author of Holoholo: Poems, Bird Odyssey, and On the Street of Divine Love: New and Selected Poems. Burn: Poems (University of Pittsburgh Press) is her eighth collection. Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, and many other magazines. She teaches at Florida State University, where she is distinguished university scholar, and lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

JANE HAMILTON’s novels have won literary prizes, been made into films, and are international bestsellers; two of them, The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World: A Novel, were Oprah’s Book Club selections. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times; The Washington Post; Allure; O, The Oprah Magazine; Elle; and various anthologies. She lives on an apple farm in Wisconsin.

NATHAN HARRIS is the author of The New York Times bestseller The Sweetness of Water, which was an Oprah’s Book Club pick, the winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and longlisted for the Booker Prize, the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. He holds an MFA from the Michener Center at the University of Texas.

ADAM HASLETT is the author of the story collection You Are Not a Stranger Here and the novels Union Atlantic and Imagine Me Gone. He has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, as well as a finalist for the National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award, and a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, the PEN/Malamud Award, the Berlin Prize, and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He currently directs the MFA program at Hunter College in New York.

HELENA HAYWOODE HENRY is a mom of three and former attorney living in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, area. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law. Last Chance Live! (Nancy Paulsen Books) is her first novel.

HABEY HECHAVARRÍA PRADO (La Habana, 1969) Teatrólogo e hispanista. Licenciado en Artes Escénicas por el Instituto Superior de Arte. Máster en Ciencias de la Educación por Nova Southeastern University. Doctor en Literatura Hispánica por Florida International University. Ha publicado crítica teatral y ensayos en Cuba y Estados Unidos. Es profesor adjunto en Florida International University.

MARÍA ELENA HERNÁNDEZ CABALLERO nació en La Habana, Cuba, en 1967. Poeta y narradora. Ha publicado entre otros los poemarios: Donde se dice que el mundo es una esfera que dios hace bailar sobre un pingüino ebrio (Premio David 1989), Elogio de la sal (Ed cuarto Propio, Chile, 1996), Electroshock-palabras (Ed La Bohemia, Argentina, 2001), La rama se parte (Ed Torremozas, Madrid, 2013), La noche del erizo (Editorial Casa Vacia, 2018) y La pared (Editorial Kýrne, 2024); además de la novela Libro de la derrota (Hypermedia 2015) y del libro de cuentos Tres metros cuadrados de Purgatorio (Hypermedia, 2019).

MICHAEL HETTICH is the author of A Sharper Silence (Terrapin Books). His previous book of poetry, The Halo of Bees: New and Selected Poems, 1990-2022, won the 2024 Brockman-Campbell Book Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society. His poetry, essays, and reviews have appeared widely in many journals and anthologies, and he has published more than a dozen books of poetry across four decades. His other honors include several individual artist fellowships from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, The Tampa Review Prize in Poetry, the David Martinson/Meadowhawk Prize, a Florida Book Award, the Lena Shull Book Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society, and the inaugural Hudson-Fowler Prize from Slant Magazine at the University of Central Arkansas. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Miami and taught for many years at Miami Dade College, where he was awarded an Endowed Teaching Chair. A book of interviews, And the Poet Said… : Interviews from Hole in the Head Review was published in 2024. His website is www.michaelhettich.com.

CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of 16 novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You. He has also written six bestselling children’s books: Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction is Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear.

NÉLSON HINCAPIÉ es actualmente el Director Ejecutivo de la Fundación del Miami Dade College. Antes de trabajar en MDC, fue Presidente y CEO de la Fundación Voices For Children durante más de 12 años. Ha sido fundamental en la creación de políticas y programas de apoyo a jóvenes que salen del sistema de acogida y ha trabajado directamente con cientos de jóvenes como mentor, tutor y guía. Además de dar una de las charlas Tedx más auténticas y poderosas on line, Nélson ha sido conferencista invitado en MAS Talks de Miami Arts Studio, clases de Justicia Criminal en MDC, la Conferencia Nacional del Instituto Daniel Memorial, el Centro de Recursos Familiares y Conferencias Regionales del DCF. Comenzó su carrera en el gobierno como parte del equipo que lideró la exitosa campaña estatal para el Universal  Pre-K. Más tarde, como coordinador en Florida Central para la campaña al Senado de EE. UU. de Alex Penelas, tuvo la oportunidad de visitar muchos condados de Florida, actuando como orador sustituto para el alcalde Penelas. En 2005 se unió al Comisionado del Condado de Miami-Dade Carlos A. Giménez como Asistente, donde se encargó de políticas, legislación, uso de tierras, relaciones con los medios y asuntos de los constituyentes. Nélson también fue enlace del Comisionado Giménez con organizaciones comunitarias. Fue nombrado en The Children's Trust por el alcalde Carlos A. Giménez, donde forma parte del comité ejecutivo y preside el comité ad-hoc de Estatutos. Ha sido presidente del Comité Asesor de Organizaciones Basadas en la Comunidad, creado por los Comisionados del Condado de Miami-Dade, y ha formado parte de la Comisión del Bicentenario de Abraham Lincoln para Miami. También ha sido miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Coalición Colombo Americana. Hincapié tiene una licenciatura en Administración Pública de la Universidad Internacional de Florida y un título en Artes Culinarias de la Universidad Johnson & Wales, y es un Académico Ejecutivo Kellogg de la Escuela de Administración. Nativo de Bogotá, Colombia, está casado con Carolina; la pareja tiene cuatro hijos: Sarah Luna, Simón Lorenzo, Samuel Luciano y Salomé Lucía.

DR. TAMEKA BRADLEY HOBBS, PH.D., is an author and public historian who serves as library regional manager of the Broward Public Library African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.