Irving Lahrheim
Name: Irving Lahrheim
Who he is: better known by his stage name, “Bert Lahr” or as the Cowardly Lion of The Wizard of Oz
How I found him: wikipediaing after watching the movie.
Raffi Cavoukian
Name: Raffi Cavoukian
Who he is: popular children’s singer better known as “Raffi.”
How I found him: listening to “Baby Beluga” thousands of times as a child.
Zealous Wiley
Name: Zealous Wiley
Who he/she is: PR flack, Yahoo
How I found him/her: sent me a pitch.
Noa Bar
Name: Noa Bar
Who she is: comp lit graduate student at UCLA.
How I found her: friend of a friend.
Sunshine Mugrabi
Name: Sunshine Mugrabi
Who she is: Technology writer in Silicon Valley.
How I found her: she writes for some publications I used to write for.
Best names in publishing: Kendra Harpster/Jofie Ferrari-Adler
Names: Kendra Harpster, Jofie Ferrari-Adler
Who they are: Book editors at Penguin and Grove/Atlantic, respectively
How I found them: on a list of editors my literary agent sent my novel to.
Brian Bergstein
Name: Brian Bergstein
Who he is: national technology reporter, Associated Press
How I found him: doing research on airports.
Arthur Goldgaber
Name: Arthur Goldgaber
Who he is: There seem to be several online, the one I found is a writer of investing-related news and books.
How I found him: doing research on personal finance.
Millicent A. Firestone
Name: Millicent A. Firestone
Who she is: Chemist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Labs
How I found her: was reporting for a story involving Argonne.
Submission: Cement Xianyu
Our first submission…
Name: Cement Xianyu
Who he is: appears to be a programmer active on MySQL, Apache, and related sites.
How I found him: Submitted by PAt.