From John Mariani, food critic for Esquire, to Douglas Brinkley, the noted author and historian, Pace draws from the best and brightest writers, many of them award-winning. And whenever our titles need to zero in on a narrow or challenging topic, we seek out the specialists and experts who provide an insider’s measure of difference.

Samuel Abt – Paris-based editor of The International Herald Tribune and the leading English-language commentator on the Tour de France bicycle race; author of eight books on cycling, including In Pursuit of the Yellow Jersey: Bicycle Racing in the Year of the Tortured Tour and Pedaling for Glory: Victory and Drama in Professional Bicycle Racing

Diane Ackerman – Nature writer and poet, whose books include A Natural History of Love and The Moon by Whale Light. www.dianeackerman.com

Nick Bantock – Illustrator and author of the best-selling Griffin & Sabine Trilogy. www.nickbantock.com

Geo Beach – Alaska-based Beach is an author and commentator on National Public Radio.

Rose Levy Beranbaum – James Beard Award–winning author of the world-famous, best-selling “Bible” series of cookbooks, among them The Cake Bible and The Bread Bible. www.roselevyberanbaum.com

John Berendt – Best-selling author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Ann Berman – Regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and other publications on the business and culture of art.

Eliot Berry – One of America’s leading authors and commentators on racquet sports, Berry is the author of Top Spin and Four Quarters Make a Season.

Mark Bittman – Regular columnist for The New York Times, Bittman is currently one of America’s leading authors on food, including the bestseller How to Cook Everything.

Roy Blount, Jr. – Well-known humorist and author of 14 books, Blount is also a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion.”  www.royblountjr.com

Ray Bradbury – Internationally renowned, award-winning writer of short stories, novels and motion pictures, Bradbury has received The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. www.raybradbury.com

Anthony Brandt – Book columnist for National Geographic Adventure magazine, Brandt is editor of the National Geographic Adventure Classics series, including The Journals of Lewis and Clark.

William J. Broad – A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, this New York Times reporter is an expert on the sea and marine biology and is the author of the acclaimed The Universe Below.

Richard Brookhiser – Staff writer for The National Review magazine, Brookhiser is our generation’s leading biographer of George Washington.

Robert Olen Butler – Published nine novels and two volumes of short stories, one of which, A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

Fred Chappell – Poet Laureate of North Carolina and award-winning author of more than 20 books of poetry and fiction.

Breena Clarke – Best-selling author of River, Cross My Heart.

Richard Conniff – Science writer and author of Every Creeping Thing.

Douglas Coupland – Writer who coined the term “Generation X” is the author of a novel by that name. He has also written Microserfs.

Charles Stewart Dubow – Dubow is currently editor of Forbes FYI magazine’s Web site, www.forbes.com.

John T. Edge – Culinary expert and well-traveled gourmand who contributes to Gourmet magazine.

Harlan Ellison – Author of 75 books, more than 1,700 published articles and numerous television programs and motion pictures, Ellison has won more awards in the world of imaginative literature than any other living author. www.harlanellison.com

Keith Ferrell – Former editor-in-chief of OMNI magazine and author of more than a dozen books, including the novel Passing Judgment.

Richard Ford – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and author of Independence Day and The Sportswriter.

John Hope Franklin – Distinguished professor and author of From Slavery to Freedom, Dr. Franklin served as chairman of President Clinton’s Initiative on Race.

Catherine Fredman – Collaborated with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo on best-selling book Use the News, with Michael Dell on Direct From Dell and with Intel’s Andy Grove on his memoir Swimming Across.

Ellen Gilchrist – Writer and poet who won the American Book Award in 1984 for her collection of short stories, Victory Over Japan.

Ed Gray – Founder and editor of Gray’s Sporting Journal. www.edgraystudio.com

Ken Gross – Internationally known automotive writer and former director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

David Halberstam – Pulizer Prize-winning author and journalist whose books include The Best and the Brightest and The Children.

Thomas Keneally – Australian author of Schindler’s List and The Great Shame.

W.P. Kinsella – Author of Shoeless Joe, which became the film Field of Dreams.

Bill Marsano – Regular contributing editor to Hemispheres and winner of the prestigious James Beard Award.

Robert Morgan – Award-winning poet and novelist, including The New York Times best-selling novel Gap Creek, an Oprah Book Club selection.

Jürgen Scheunemann – Berlin native who served as Fox Fellow at the Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University and is a historian at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin.

Lee Smith – Award-winning author of more than 10 novels, including such bestsellers as Fair and Tender Ladies and Saving Grace. www.leesmith.com

Marilyn Stasio – Writes regularly about books, theater and travel for The New York Times.

Fred Waterman – An award-winning journalist and author, he writes the very popular Row 22, Seats A&B series of short stories appearing exclusively in Hemispheres. www.row22.com