Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Sahar Delijani

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Nic Pizzolatto

Novelist, Screenwriter & Producer

Erika Sánchez

New York Times Bestselling Author, National Book Award Finalist, and 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry

Anjanette Delgado

Award-Winning Novelist, Speaker & Journalist

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Bill Dedman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter for NBC News; Co-Author, "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune"

Lee Child

New York Times Bestselling Author, Best Known for the "Jack Reacher" Series

Patricia Cornwell

Best-Selling Author

Gene Hackman

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

Kate DiCamillo

Newberry Medal Award-Winning Children's Author, Known for "Because of Winn-Dixie" & "The Tale of Desperaux"

Lancelot Schaubert

Novelist of "Bell Hammers," Editor, Performer, Artist Chaplain

Marge Piercy

Award-winning Novelist, Poet & Social Activist

Sarah Schulman

American Novelist, Historian, Playwright and Lesbian Activist

Cerina Vincent and Jodi Lipper

Lifestyle Experts; Authors of the "Hot Chick" Book Series

Laura Esquivel

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month; Co-Founder of 100 Word Story; Co-Host of Podcast "Write-minded"

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Samuel Shem

Medical Expert, Psychiatrist, Acclaimed Novelist, Playwright, Essayist & Activist

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Gail Collins

Author & Editorial Writer; First Female Editor of the New York Times' Editorial Page