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Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber

Author • Essayist • Memoirist

Paul Beatty

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Poet

John Berendt

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Essayist

Elizabeth Berg

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Chris Bohjalian

Chris Bohjalian

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Human Rights Advocate

Katherine Boo

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Taylor Branch

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Historian

Ana Castillo

Author • Essayist • Poet

Vikram Chandra

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

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Justin Cronin

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Dr. Matthew Desmond

Dr. Matthew Desmond

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Urban Ethnographer

Anthony Doerr

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Heidi Durrow

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Dr. Brian Fagan

Archaeologist • Author • Climate Change Historian

Sheri Fink

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

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Richard Ford

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Connie May Fowler

Connie May Fowler

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Julia Glass

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Dr. Alice Goffman

Dr. Alice Goffman

Author • Social Justice Advocate • Urban Ethnographer

Jeff Goodell

Author • Energy & Environment Expert • Investigative Journalist

Dr. Allyson Hobbs

Dr. Allyson Hobbs

Author • Essayist • Historian

Alice Hoffman

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Short Story Writer

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon

Author • Energy & Security Expert • Political Scientist

A.M. Homes

Novelist • Essayist • Memoirist

Nancy Horan

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Pico Iyer

Bestselling Author • Essayist • Travel Writer

Mitchell S. Jackson

Mitchell S. Jackson

Author • Filmmaker

Hillary Jordan

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Piper Kerman

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Social Justice Advocate

Sue Monk Kidd

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Tracy Kidder

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Lily King

Bestselling Author • Novelist

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Alex Kotlowitz

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Documentary Filmmaker

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James Howard Kunstler

Urban Planning Advocate • Novelist • Social Critic • Journalist

Laila Lalami

Novelist • Author • Essayist

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Jeanne Marie Laskas

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Memoirist

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Ursula K. Le Guin

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist • Poet

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Women’s Advocate

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Anthony Marra

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Short Story Writer

Ayana Mathis

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Maaza Mengiste

Novelist • Essayist • Social Justice Advocate

Susan Orlean

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Essayist

Jodi Picoult

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Lisa See

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Joshua Wolf Shenk

Joshua Wolf Shenk

Bestselling Author • Essayist • Curator

Anita Shreve

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Rebecca Skloot

Bestselling Author • Journalist

Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

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Paul Theroux

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Travel Writer

Clive Thompson

Journalist • Author • Tech Industry Expert

Krista Tippett

Public Radio Show Host • Journalist • Author

William T. Vollmann

William T. Vollmann

Novelist • Journalist • Short Story Writer

Jesmyn Ward

Novelist • Essayist • Memoirist

Edmund White

Novelist • Social Critic • Memoirist

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