Isa Chandra Moskowitz is an award-winning vegan chef and author of several best-selling cookbooks, including Veganomicon, Vegan with a Vengeance, and Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World.

A Brooklyn native who began her vegan cooking journey more than twenty years ago, she is inspired by New York City’s diverse cuisine. You can find her cooking and writing at The Post Punk Kitchen.

Ani Phyo is the author of several books including Ani’s Raw Food Asia, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen, Ani’s Raw Food Desserts, Ani's Raw Food Asia, and Ani’s Raw Food Essentials. She lives in Los Angeles.

Author website:  Ani's Raw Food Kitchen

Terry Hope Romero is the author of several bestselling and award-winning cookbooks. In 2011 she was named Favorite Cookbook Author by VegNews. Terry lives, cooks, and eats in Queens, NYC, and can be found on the web at veganlatina.com.

Bryant Terry is an award-winning chef and food justice activist. He is the author of Vegan Soul Kitchen and The Inspired Vegan, and coauthor of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen with Anna Lappe. He lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and daughter.

Author website: bryant-terry.com

Toni Fiore is the host of Delicious TV’s Totally Vegetarian. A vegetarian for over twenty years, Fiore is a self-taught chef who first embraced Mediterranean culinary techniques and philosophy while growing up in Italy. She lives in Portland, Maine.

Visit delicioustv.com to learn more about Toni Fiore and Delicious TV's Totally Vegetarian.

Mark Reinfeld is the winner of Vegan.com’s 2011 Recipe of the Year award. He is the founding chef of the celebrated Blossoming Lotus restaurant and is the award-winning author of Vegan Fusion World Cuisine and coauthor of The 30-Minute Vegan and The 30-Minute Vegan’s Taste of the East.

Author website: veganfusion.com

John Schlimm, a member of one of the oldest brewing families in the United States, is the international award-winning author of several books, including The Tipsy Vegan, Grilling Vegan Style,and The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbooks. He lives in Pennsylvania.

Author website: JohnSchlimm.com

Kim O’Donnel has dispensed cooking advice at numerous publications, including the Washington Post, Culinate, and USA Today. Based in Seattle, she is the founder of Canning Across America, a collective dedicated to the revival of home food preservation.

Author website: kimodonnel.com

Susan O’Brien is a gourmet cook, baker, cooking instructor, and healthy eating coach. She frequently conducts cooking classes across the West coast. She lives in California.

Author website: susanobrien.org

Jane Barthelemy has served as Dessert Chef, Head Chef, and CFO of various restaurants and bakeries around the country. She has been writing and teaching seminars on health food since 2009, and runs her own private healing practice, Quantum Body Healing in Portland, Oregon.

Visit her blog at JanesHealthyKitchen.com.

Robyn Webb, award-winning nutritionist and teacher, is the author of 11 cookbooks, including You Won't Believe It's Salt-Free. Coauthor, with Dr. Neal Barnard, of The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook, she is a recipe developer, columnist, and online food editor of Diabetes Forecast magazine, published by the American Diabetes Association. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Author website: robynwebb.com

Nicole Hunn is the personality behind the popular blog, Gluten-Free on a Shoestring, and the author of the book Gluten-Free on a Shoestring, featured in the New York Times, MSN Money, Epicurious.com, and the Dr. Steve Show. She lives with her husband and three children in Westchester County, New York.

Author website: glutenfreeonashoestring.com

Beth Hillson is the founder of Gluten-Free Pantry, the president of the American Celiac Disease Alliance, and the food editor of Living Without magazine. She lives in Connecticut.

Author website: glutenfreemakeovers.com

Brendan Brazier is a former professional Ironman triathlete and the creator of VEGA, an award-winning whole food product line. Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on plant-based nutrition, Brazier is a guest lecturer at Cornell University. He lives in Los Angeles.

Author website: brendanbrazier.com

Dreena Burton is the author of Let Them Eat Vegan. Her three previous cookbooks are The Everyday Vegan, Vive le Vegan, and Eat, Drink & Be Vegan. She lives near Vancouver, Canada.

Author website: plantpoweredkitchen.com

Roben Ryberg has twenty years of experience with gluten-free cooking and baking. She is the author of You Won’t Believe It’s Gluten-Free!, Gluten-Free in Five Minutes, and The Ultimate Gluten-Free Cookie Book. The founder and former owner of Miss Roben’s Gluten-Free Foods, she lives in Boonsboro, Maryland.

Author website: robenryberg.com

Linda Watson, the founder of CookforGood.com, created her wildly affordable cooking plans after being inspired by a national challenge to eat on a food-stamp budget. She credits her background in project management helping her to not just survive but thrive on just a dollar a meal per person.

Linda is a member of both the International Association of Culinary Professionals and the Project Management Institute. She's had a wildly varied career so far, including developing a top-secret expert system, working with Tom Clancy and Douglas Adams on computer games, and riding the dot-com wave with eGarden.com.

Today she teaches cooking through classes, e-books, and videos. Watson lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband.

Author website: Cook for Good