Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Rainbow Rowell

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

Abigail Tarttelin

Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

Samantha Shannon

Author, "The Bone Season"

Cassandra Clare

Author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal & Publishers Weekly Bestselling "Mortal Instruments" Series

Jill McCorkle

Short Story Writer & Novelist

Elmaz Abinader

Writer, Performer, Poet

Emma Donoghue

Playwright, Literary Historian & Novelist Known for "Hood" and "Room"

Naomi Novik

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

Jenni Konner

Producer, "Girls"; Co-Founder of the Lenny Newsletter

Alice McDermott

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

Genevieve Valentine

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer

Hilary Mantel

Author of "Wolf Hall" & "Bring Up the Bodies"

Olen Steinhauer

Literary Crime Novelist

Lauren Oliver

Author, Known for "Before I Fall"

Ian McEwan

Critically Acclaimed English Novelist & Screenwriter

Bob Shacochis

Acclaimed Novelist, Short Story Writer & Literary Journalist

Bob Shacochis on Easy in the Islands

Alice Munro

Canadian Author and 2013 Nobel Prize Winner

Simon Lovell

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Patricia Polacco

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

Colin Meloy

Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, folk-rock band The Decemberists.

Yangsze Choo

New York Best-Selling Novelist of "The Ghost Bride" & "The Night Tiger"

Sahar Delijani

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

Michael McDonald

Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Director, and Writer

Ken Kalfus

Author of the New Novel, "Equilateral," About the Centuries-Old Quest for Life on Other Planets

Mason Currey

Writer & Editor; Author of the "Daily Rituals" Books

Jeffrey Eugenides

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Paul Auster

American Author

Angela Belcher

Materials Scientist, Biological Engineer and Professor at MIT