EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Jackie Leo—Former editor-in-chief of Reader’s Digest, Jackie Leo is an award-winning editorial director of such prestigious media as Consumer Reports, Good Morning America, and Family Circle. She is a former president of the American Society of Magazine Editors and three-time nominee for a National Magazine Award.
Carey Winfrey—Editor-in-chief of Smithsonian magazine, Carey Winfrey is a former reporter for the New York Times and a writer for Time magazine, the former editor of Cuisine and American Health magazines, and the founding editor of Memories magazine. He was also an Emmy award-winning producer of WNET’s media analysis program Behind the Lines and of the documentary series Assignment America.
Richard F. Snow—Former editor of American Heritage magazine since 1990, Snow is also the author of the novels Freelon Starbird, The Burning, and Coney Island: A Postcard Journey to the City of Fire, as well as the documentary film Coney Island, directed by Ric Burns.
Charles Osgood—Award-winning host of CBS News Sunday Morning and creator of “The Osgood File” for CBS Radio, Charles Osgood is often referred to as CBS News’ “poet-in-residence.” A recipient of the highest accolades in broadcast journalism, Osgood combines poignant social commentary with a unique ability to find humor in everyday life.
Beurt SerVaas, Med.Sc.D.—Entrepreneur, researcher, business leader, community leader, and former longtime president of the Indianapolis City-County Council, Dr. SerVaas is former chairman/owner, editor, and publisher of The Saturday Evening Post magazine as well as chairman of SerVaas, Inc. Dr. SerVaas has received numerous awards, including the Bronze Star and the Horatio Alger Award.
William H. Beeson, M.D.—Plastic surgeon and medical director of Beeson Aesthetic Surgery Institute in Carmel, Indiana, as well as a clinical professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, author of numerous medical textbooks on cosmetic surgery and articles for a host of medical journals, Dr. Beeson is active in many medical organizations and is a past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.
Robert N. Butler, M.D.—President/CEO of the International Longevity Center, founding director of the National Institute on Aging/NIH, as well as founder and professor of geriatrics and adult development at the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, Dr. Butler is a physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H.—Chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Willett is an internationally renowned nutritionist who has published more than 1,200 scientific articles on diet and disease and is the author of the 2001 bestseller Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating as well as coauthor of Eat, Drink, and Weigh and The Fertility Diet.
FICTION ADVISORY BOARD
Gary Svee—Svee’s writing reflects Montana’s broad horizons. A graduate of the University of Montana’s School of Journalism, Svee resides in Montana. A two-time Spur Award-winning writer, Svee’s novel Sanctuary won the 1990 Western Writers of America’s Best Western Novel award.
Robert Stone—Stone is author of seven novels, including A Hall of Mirrors, the National Book Award–winning Dog Soldiers, A Flag for Sunrise, Children of Light, and Bay of Souls. He has also written short stories, essays, and screenplays and published a short story collection, Bear and His Daughter, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Ray Bradbury—The legendary writer has written more than 35 books, including such classics as The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The October Country, and Fahrenheit 451. In 2000, the celebrated author was honored by the National Book Foundation with a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Bailey White—White is known to millions for her witty comments on daily life that air on National Public Radio’s show All Things Considered, as well as for her best-selling books, including Sleeping at the Starlite Motel, Mama Makes Up Her Mind, Quite a Year for Plums, and Nothing with Strings.
