Martha Beck is a PhD, a Harvard-trained sociologist, world-renowned coach and New York Times bestselling author. She has published nine non-fiction books including Expecting Adam, Leaving the Saints, and Finding Your Own North Star, one novel, Diane, Herself, and more than 200 magazine articles. Her latest book is The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self.
Read MoreKristin Hannah is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, Winter Garden, Night Road, and Firefly Lane.
Read MorePatricia Cornwell has sold over 100 million books. She sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. Postmortem, was the first bona fide forensic thriller. It paved the way for an explosion of entertainment featuring in all things forensic across film, television and literature.
Postmortem would go on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize – the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. To date, Cornwell’s books have sold some 100 million copies in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. She’s authored twenty-nine New York Times bestsellers.
Read MoreReza Farazmand lives and draws in Los Angeles. Best known for his comic series Poorly Drawn Lines, his work has been featured in and around such places as televisions, websites, magazines, and now the books Poorly Drawn Lines and, most recently, City Monster. When he’s not writing or drawing, Reza enjoys drinking coffee and looking at things on screens.
Read MoreBruce Van Dusen directed his first commercial when he was twenty-three. He’s gone on to direct a thousand more. He also directed three movies and a feature documentary. Being a director is a weird gig. When you work, you give orders, and people and objects do what you tell them. When you’re not working, you still give orders, but nobody listens. Born in Detroit, Van Dusen lives in New York City. 60 Stories About 30 Seconds is his first book.
Read MoreWong's first novel, Homebase, published by Reed and Cannon (1979), won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and the 15th Annual Governor's Writers Day Award of Washington. His second novel, American Knees, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1996, was adapted into an independent feature film entitled Americanese (2010), written and directed by Eric Byler and produced by Lisa Onodera. The book was re-issued in 2005 by University of Washington Press.
Read MoreAuthor Editor-in-Chief Bill Kenower reflects on some recent interviews and what he learned from these fabulous authors about the journey every writer takes. Featuring Elizabeth Rose-Stanton, Andre Dubus III, Graeme Simsion, Willy Vlautin, and R. L. Stine.
Read MoreGail Carriger writes comedies of manners mixed with paranormal romance (and the sexy San Andreas Shifter series as G L Carriger). Her books include the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, and Supernatural Society series for adults, and the Finishing School series for young adults. She is published in many languages and has over a dozen NYT bestsellers. She was once an archaeologist and is fond of shoes, octopuses, and tea.
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