Adam Minter (“A View That Takes Your...

Adam Minter (“A View That Takes Your Breath Away,” page 17) is a writer based in Shanghai. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, ARTnews, the Rake and others.

Ritsu Shinozaki (Cover, “View” photos) has contributed to the South China Morning Post, Kyodo News, Nikkei Business magazine and the Asian Wall Street Journal.

Donna Barstow (Fault Lines, page 5) has done work for a variety of magazines, including the New Yorker and Reader’s Digest. Her latest book of cartoons is “Love Me or Go to Hell.”

Lara Tomlin (Sunday Punches illustration, page 11) has been published in West, Forbes, GQ, Travel & Leisure and others.

Robert Ward (The Rules of Hollywood, page 14) is the author of the forthcoming “Four Kinds of Rain.” His award-winning novel “Red Baker” will be rereleased in September.

John Anderson (“If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Thessaloniki,” page 22) was film critic for Newsday for 15 years. He is the coauthor of “I Wake Up Screening,” to be published next month.

Thomas Fuchs (“Thessaloniki” illustration) has been featured in Time, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Forbes and others.

J.R. Moehringer (“ ‘The House I Lived In,’ ” page 28) is a senior writer for West and the author of the memoir “The Tender Bar.”

David Glomb (“House” photos) is a photographer whose work appeared in “Palm Springs Modern,” by Adele Cygelman. He has also contributed to Time, Architectural Digest and House & Garden.

Pornchai Mittongtare (“Ready, Set, Go” photos, page 32) has been published in West, Bon Appetit and others.