HG Bissinger

Honored and Distinguished Writer

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Nassim Assefi

Doctor, Author, Global Women's Health Specialist

Daniel Woodrell

Novelist and Short Story Writer; Author of "Winter's Bone"

Kevin Powers

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

Nadifa Mohamed

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Benjamin Lerner

Novelist, Poet, Critic & Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College

Dolores Barclay

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

Allan Gurganus

Novelist, Short Story Writer & Essayist

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

Author of Bestselling Novel, "The Nest"

Domingo Martinez

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Boy Kings of Texas"

David Haskell

Biologist and Author; Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize

Philipp Meyer

Fiction Writer Known for "The Son" and "American Rust"

Carlos Eire

Cuban American Prof. of History & Religion at Yale. Waiting for Snow in Havana won the 2003 National Book Award

Andrew Gross

Thriller 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

Opinion | In Memory of My Husband, Dan - The New York Times

Esmeralda Santiago

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Amanda Lindhout

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Expert on Resilience & Extraordinary Mindset

Amanda Lindhout | Keynote Speaking Reel

Colm Tóibín

Award-Winning Irish Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist & Playwright; Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University

Colm Tóibín's Laureate for Irish Fiction Annual Lecture 2023

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.