Colm Toibin

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"

Deborah Kay Davies

Author

Emma Donoghue

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

Ishmael Reed

Novelist, Poet & Playwright

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

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

C.L. Polk

Author of the Kingston Cycle

Even Though I Knew the End

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Graham Swift

Author

Sally Hepworth

Best-Selling Author

Kevin Barry

Award-Winning Writer, Known for "City of Bohane," & "Beatlebone"

Kim Fu

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

Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Deborah Levy

British Playwright, Novelist & Poet

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

Author