Lauren Francis-Sharma is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel ’Til the Well Runs Dry, a Black Caucus of the American Library Association honoree and shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize. She resides near Washington, DC, with her husband and two children and is the Assistant Director of Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference at Middlebury […]
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Kyle Harper is a professor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma. His books include The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (Princeton) and From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity. He lives in Moore, Oklahoma. Visit Kyle Harper online at kyleharper.net […]
Nicola Yoon is the author of Everything, Everything, an instant New York Times bestseller, making her the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult list. She is also the author of The Sun Is Also a Star, which also hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and […]
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock was born and raised in Alaska. She worked for many years commercial fishing with her family and as a public radio reporter all over the state. Her debut novel, The Smell of Other People’s Houses, was a William C. Morris Award Finalist and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She currently lives and writes in […]
Shannon Hale is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty books, including fantasy novels The Goose Girl and Book of a Thousand Days, science fiction novel Dangerous, Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy, graphic novel memoirs Real Friends and Best Friends with LeUyen Pham, and romantic comedy Austenland, which is now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell. She lives in Utah with her husband and frequent collaborator […]
Lauren Groff is a two-time National Book Award finalist, The New York Times bestselling author of three novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, and Fates and Furies, and the celebrated short story collections Delicate Edible Birds and Florida. She has won The Story Prize, the PEN/O. Henry Award, and been a finalist for the National […]
Francisco Goldman is an award-winning author of five novels and two non-fiction books. His novels have been finalists for several prizes, including, twice, the Pen/Faulkner Prize. The Long Night of White Chickens was awarded the American Academy’s Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. The Art of Political Murder won The Index on Censorship T.R. Fyvel […]
Joshua Ferris is the author of three previous novels, Then We Came to the End, The Unnamed and To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, and a collection of stories, The Dinner Party. He was a finalist for the National Book Award, winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and was named one of The […]
Kate DiCamillo is one of America’s most revered storytellers. She is a former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and a two-time Newbery Medalist. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis.
Maisy Card holds an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College and is a public librarian. Her writing has appeared in Lenny Letter, School Library Journal, Agni, Sycamore Review, Liars’ League NYC and Ampersand Review. Maisy was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica, but was raised in Queens, New York. Maisy earned an MLIS from Rutgers University and a BA […]
Rosanna Bruno is a visual artist based in NY, where she makes paintings, comics and bad puns. She received a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in 2012. Her first book, The Slanted Life of Emily Dickinson, was published in 2017.
Natasha Brown is a writer who lives in London. In 2019, she received a London Writers Award in the literary fiction category. Assembly is her first novel.
Russell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America’s most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common […]
David Baldacci is a global #1 bestselling author, and one of the world’s favourite storytellers. His books are published in over 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with 150 million copies sold worldwide. His works have been adapted for both feature film and television. David Baldacci is also the cofounder, along with his wife, […]
Mateo Askaripour’s work aims to empower people of colour to seize opportunities for advancement, no matter the obstacle. He was a 2018 Rhode Island Writers Colony writer-in-residence, and his writing has appeared in Entrepreneur, Lit Hub, Catapult, The Rumpus, Medium, and elsewhere. His debut novel Black Buck was an instant New York Times bestseller and […]
Kerri Arsenault is the Book Review Editor at Orion magazine and Contributing Editor at Lithub. Arsenault received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School and studied in Malmo University’s Communication for Development master’s program. Her writing has appeared in Freeman’s, Lithub, Oprah.com, and The Minneapolis Star Tribune, among other publications. She lives in […]
Kazim Ali is a poet, editor and prose writer, who was born in the United Kingdom to Muslim parents of Indian, Iranian and Egyptian descent, and raised in Canada and the United States. He is the author of seven poetry collections, two novels, and three works of non-fiction. He teaches at the University of California, […]
S. Bear Bergman is a writer, storyteller, activist and the founder and publisher of the book press Flamingo Rampant, which makes feminist, culturally diverse children’s picture books about LGBT2Q+ kids and families. He writes creative non-fiction for grown-ups, fiction for children, resolutely factual features for various publications and the advice column “Asking Bear.” His books […]
New York Times bestselling author Angie Thomas writes because she knows what it means to be bullied and voiceless. If she has anything to do with it, the next generation will be able to find themselves in her stories, regardless of demographic background. Her first three books – The Hate U Give, On the Come […]
David S. Meyer is professor of sociology and political science at the University of California, Irvine. He’s written extensively on social movements and social change, and is author or editor of ten books, most recently (with Sidney Tarrow), The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement, and How Social Movements (Sometimes) Matter. The 2017 […]
Ron Faucheux is a nonpartisan political analyst in the U.S. with a unique background in politics, government, polling and media. Dr. Faucheux is publisher of the popular daily newsletter on polls called Lunchtime Politics and is the chief analyst for Certus Insights, a survey research firm based in Washington, D.C. Formerly, he was editor of […]
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello calls Evan Greer “a heck of a guitar player,” but she’s better known as an activist and writer. As the spokesperson for viral digital rights group Fight for the Future, she’s been on the frontlines of some of the most notable grassroots victories of the last decade, from […]
Sam Tanenhaus is the U.S. Writer at Large for the British monthly, Prospect. He was previously on the staff at the New York Times, where he was editor (in chief) of both the Sunday Book Review and the Week in Review and then Writer at Large. Before joining the Times he was a contributing editor […]
Gregory McCormick is the Manager of Cultural and Literary Programming at Toronto Public Library, the largest urban library system in the world. After finishing a master’s degree in literature from Université de Montréal, he served for six years as Director of Programming for Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival. Originally from the USA, he has […]
