Bernard MacLaverty is the author of five previous collections of stories and five novels, including Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Midwinter Break, shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Born in Ireland, he now lives in Glasgow, Scotland. His most recent book is the wonderful short story collection, Blank Pages.
Read MoreAndrew Lipstein is a writer based in Brooklyn. His debut novel Last Resort is out now from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the US, and is coming March 17 from Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK.
His second novel Flash & Yearn will be published in 2023, also by FSG and W&N.
Read MoreJason Mott is a Bestselling author, National Book Award Winner, Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction Winner, Pushcart Prize nominee, and Carnegie Medals For Excellence Longlist nominee, His poetry and fiction has appeared in various literary journals, and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their 10 “New Hollywood: Next Wave” people to watch.
Read MoreSabrina Benaim is a poet, performer, and workshop facilitator. She is one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time & is the author of the best-selling collection of poetry, Depression and Other Magic Tricks. Her videos have reached over 100 million people.
Read MoreDaniel Handler is the author of seven novels, including Why We Broke Up, We Are Pirates, All The Dirty Parts and, most recently, Bottle Grove.
As Lemony Snicket, he is responsible for numerous books for children, including the thirteen-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events, the four-volume All the Wrong Questions, and The Dark, which won the Charlotte Zolotow Award.
Mr. Snicket’s first book for readers of all ages, Poison for Breakfast, was published by Liveright/W.W. Norton.
Read MoreRichard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His last novel, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. His latest novel is Bewilderment. He lives in the Great Smokey Mountains.
Read MoreChris Power is a British writer and literary critic for The Guardian. He was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Surrey. He studied English and American literature at Swansea University, graduating in 1998. He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director. He is the author of the short story collection Mothers, and the novel The Lonely Man.
Read MoreAnna Sale is the host and managing editor of Death, Sex & Money, WNYC's interview show about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Recently named New York Magazine's number one podcast, the show has also been featured by The New York Times, The Atlantic, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, Fast Company, and Real Simple.
Read MoreDavid Laskin is the author of a number of award-winning books of narrative nonfiction, including The Children's Blizzard, The Long Way Home, and The Family. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Seattle Met, the Seattle Times and American Ancestors. He and his wife, retired law professor Kate O'Neill, are the parents of three grown daughters. They live in Shoreline, WA.
Read MoreMartha 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 MoreKami Garcia a #1 New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author and comic book writer. As an award-winning, Bram Stoker Award-nominated young adult author of 12 novels and graphic novels, she has been published in 51 countries and 38 languages and her books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.
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 MoreMichael Elias was an actor with The Living Theater and the Judson Poets’ Theater. Moving to Hollywood, he worked as a screenwriter; his credits include The Jerk, The Frisco Kid, Young Doctors in Love, and Lush Life. With Rich Eustis, he created the sitcom Head of the Class, and his play The Catskills Sonata topped the list of LA Weekly’s Ten Best Plays of 2007. His novel The Last Conquistador was published in 2013. You Can Go Home Now is his second novel.
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 MoreMary Cronk Farrell is an award-winning author of Children's/YA books and former journalist with a passion for stories about people facing great adversity with courage. Her books have been named Notable Social Studies Book for Young People, SPUR Award for Best Juvenile Fiction about the American West, Bank Street College List of Best Children's Books, and NY Public Library Best Books for Teens. Her journalistic work has received numerous awards for excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists and two Emmy nominations.
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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