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Author of "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self" & Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Acclaimed Novelist, Short Story Writer & Literary Journalist

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Children's Author Known for "The Magic Tree House" Series

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Author of "Golden Boy" and "Flick"

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Sahar Delijani

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

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Stuart Dybek

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

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Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Writing About Culture, War, and Identity; Professor & Distinguished Senior Poet at New York University

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Alice Walker

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Founder of Soul Water Rising; Doctor of Psychology; Poet & Author

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Scott Brick

Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator & Audible Narrator's Hall-of-Famer

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USA Today Best-Selling Author of Fantasy & Dark Romance Novels, Best-known for "The Fae & Alchemy Series"

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