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Contributors

Senior Consulting Editor James D. Henderson is professor of international studies at Coastal Carolina University. He is the author of Conservative Thought in Twentieth Century Latin America: The Ideals of Laureano Gómez (1988; Spanish edition Las ideas de Laureano Gómez published in 1985); When Colombia Bled: A History of the Violence in Tolima (1985; Spanish edition Cuando Colombia se desangró, una historia de la Violencia en metrópoli y provincia , 1984); and coauthor of A Reference Guide to Latin American History (2000) and Ten Notable Women of Latin America (1978).

Mr. Henderson earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Centenary College of Louisiana, and a master’s degree in history from the University of Arizona. He then spent three years in the Peace Corps, serving in Colombia, before earning his doctorate in Latin American history in 1972 at Texas Christian University. Colleen Madonna Flood Williams is the author of more than 10 nonfiction children’s books. Colleen resides in Homer, Alaska, with her husband, Paul, son Dillon Meehan, and their dog, Kosmos Kramer.