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Award-winning Irish Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Playwright, Journalist, Critic and Poet; Author of "Brooklyn"

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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Ishmael Reed

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Afaa Weaver

Award Winning Poet, Playwright & Translator

Erika Sánchez

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

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Leah Scheier, MD

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Kevin Barry

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Kim Fu

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Deborah Levy

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Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

M. NourbeSe Philip

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

David Ebershoff

Author of "The Danish Girl" and the #1 Bestseller "The 19th Wife"

Han Kang

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Monica Byrne

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Stephanie Perkins

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Marisa Silver

New York Times-Bestselling Author; Known for "Mary Coin"

Kate DiCamillo

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

Suzanne Collins

Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

John Mailer

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Wole Soyinka

Nobel Laureate for Literature; International Best-Selling Author

Marge Piercy

Award-winning Novelist, Poet & Social Activist

John Guare

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Pearl Cleage

Playwright & Novelist

Kate Schapira

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Ellen Oh

Young Adult & Middle Grade Author & Editor; Founding Member of We Need Diverse Books

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