CULINARY, TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY
Gastón Acurio - Peruvian chef, owner of 29 restaurants worldwide, incl. Astrid y Gastón in Lima (#14 best in world) and La Mar Cebicheria in NYC & SF
Normand Laprise - Pioneer of New Québecois Cuisine, renowned chef at Toqué in Montreal, the most celebrated restaurant in Canada
David Kaplan - Owner of Death & Co in the East Village and Demi Monde in NYC, and bars in LA, Philadelphia, Wyoming and Mumbai; DEATH & CO (Ten Speed)
Julie Reiner - Owner of Clover Club in Brooklyn and Flatiron Lounge in Manhattan; co-founder of Pegu Club
Lou Di Palo - Owner of Di Palo's Fine Foods in Little Italy, America's foremost expert on the foods of Italy; DI PALO'S ITALIAN FOODS (Ballantine)
Tyler Kord - Chef at No. 7 Brooklyn, No. 7 Sub in the Ace Hotel, Plaza Hotel, and Greenpoint; formerly sous-chef at Vongerichten's Perry St.
Toby Cecchini - Cocktail and Spirits columnist for the New York Times, author of COSMOPOLITAN (Broadway/Doubleday)
Jeni Britton Bauer - Founder, ice cream company in Columbus; NYT Bestseller and Beard winner JENI'S SPLENDID ICE CREAMS (Artisan)
Juan Marí Arzak - Celebrated Spanish chef, grandfather of new Basque cuisine; number 8 restaurant in the world, 3 Michelin stars since 1989
Martin Cate - Owner of Smuggler's Cove Tiki Bar in San Francisco
Colin Alevras - Beverage Director, The Dutch, New York; former Sommelier, Momofuku and Chef, The Tasting Room
Jeff Cox - Organic Food Expert; THE ORGANIC COOK'S BIBLE (Wiley), THE COOK'S HERB GARDEN (DK Publishing)
Regina Charboneau - Executive Chef, Biscuits & Blues SF and American Queen steamboat; southern foodways columnist for THE ATLANTIC
Will Goldfarb - Pastry Chef, Room 4 Dessert, WillPowder, New York; profiled by Bill Buford in New Yorker; trained at El Bulli
Kristin Donnelly - Senior Food Editor, FOOD & WINE magazine
Martine Barrat - Acclaimed photographer: Life, Vanity Fair, Le Monde; shows: Whitney, Centre Pompidou; DO OR DIE (Viking)
Toni Senecal - Television host for history/travel program "Toni On New York" on NYCTV

POLITICS, HISTORY, CURRENT EVENTS
Gordon Weiss - Journalist and former United Nations Spokesman, Sri Lanka; THE CAGE (Random House UK / Bellevue Literary Press US)
Alvaro Vargas Llosa - Exiled Peruvian political journalist, son of famed novelist; LIBERTY FOR LATIN AMERICA (FSG)
Jim Marrs - Bestselling writer of conspiracy theory, CROSSFIRE (Carroll & Graf); RISE OF THE FOURTH REICH (Harper Collins)
President Janez Drnovsek (Estate) - of Slovenia, author of books on peace and international relations
Laurentino Gomes - Brazilian journalist and author of bestselling popular history THE FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR, 1808 (Lyons), over 800,000 sold in Brazil
Kurt Hollander - Mexico City correspondent for New York Times, London Guardian; LOW RENT (Grove Press)
Nicholas Balthazar - Pseudonym for Senior Congressional Aide who writes How-To books for aspiring politicos; THE PRINCE AND THE INTERN (Skyhorse)
Andrés López López - Colombian drug cartel witness; EL CARTEL DE LOS SAPOS (Planeta / Santillana)

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
Ángel Esteban - Biography, Spanish literature: FIDEL & GABO (Pegasus Books); DE GABO A MARIO (Vintage Español)
Drauzio Varella - Major Brazilian author; CARANDIRU STATION (Simon & Schuster UK), subject of film by Hector Babenco
Alan Weisman - Former CBS producer: LONE STAR: DAN RATHER (Wiley); PRINCE OF DARKNESS: RICHARD PERLE (Un Sq)
Carl Dawson - Historical fiction, memoir, and biography: NOVEMBER 1948 (Virginia); WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (California)
Susan Goodman - Literary Biographer, Guggenheim Fellow, University of Delaware: REPUBLIC OF WORDS (UPNE)