Gene Hackman

Award-Winning Actor; Best Known for "The French Connection" and "Superman"

Vikram Seth

Indian Novelist and Poet

Nora Roberts

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Gail Collins

Liberal NYT Op-Ed Writer; Known for Co-Writing the Bi-Partisan Blog, "The Conversation"; Author & Expert on Women's History; Pulitzer Prize Board Member

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Naomi Novik

Author of the New York Times Bestselling and Critically Acclaimed "Temeraire" Novels

William Knoedelseder

Journalist, Best-Selling Author and TV News Executive

Susan Shapiro Barash

Gender Expert; Author of Nonfiction Women's Issues Books

Laura Lippman

Best-Selling Author & Journalist

Rainbow Rowell

Young Adult & Adult Contemporary Author Known for "Eleanor & Park," "Fangirl" "Carry On" & "Slow Dance"

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Stephen Graham Jones

Blackfeet Native American Author of Experimental Fiction, Horror, Crime & Science Fiction

Don Winslow

International Bestselling Author; Known for the "Neal Carey Mysteries"

Ilyce Glink

Award-Winning, Nationally Syndicated Columnist; Specialist in Real Estate and Finance

Alice McDermott

Celebrated Author, Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Former Professor For Distinguished Teaching In The Humanities at John Hopkins University

Louise Penny

Canadian Journalist & Author of Mystery Novels

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Nassim Assefi

Doctor, Author, Global Women's Health Specialist

Kevin Powers

Author and Iraq War veteran; Known for "The Yellow Birds"

David Haskell

Biologist and Author; Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize

Andrew Gross

Thriller Author