Zev Chafets (“Inseparable,” page 16) is the...

Zev Chafets (“Inseparable,” page 16) is the author of nine works of fiction and nonfiction. He also co-wrote the Hebrew doo-wop song “Boi Motek.”

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Jim Wright (Cover, “Inseparable” photos) has contributed

to Town & Country, Outside,

Essence and others.

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Michele Gendelman (The Rules of Hollywood, page 14) has been a TV writer for 18 years and is working on projects for PBS and the Cartoon Network.

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Dagoberto Gilb (“Taco Bell Nation,” page 24) is the author, most recently, of “Gritos,” which was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.

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Robert Neubecker (“Taco Bell” illustration) is a staff illustrator for Slate.com and has contributed to BusinessWeek, Time and the Washington Post.

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Qevin Oji (“Whomp, Giggle, Whee,” page 26) is a contributing writer for West. His latest play, “Euphoria’s Egrets,” was featured in a staged reading at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center.

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Sarah Wilkins (“Whomp” illustration) has been published in Town & Country, Time, Glamour, Redbook and others.

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Yxta Maya Murray (California Story, page 29) is a professor at Loyola Law School and a novelist whose latest work is “The Queen Jade.”

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Ray Kachatorian (“Haute Dog” photos, page 30) has done work for Food & Wine, InStyle, Sunset and others.

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Barbara Thornburg (“Shop ‘Til They Flop,” page 36) is a senior editor for West.

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Olaf Hajek (“Shop” illustration) has contributed to the New Yorker, Forbes, GQ and others.

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Ann Herold (“Dog Heaven,” page 38) is the managing editor of West.