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Thomas King

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Lois Lowry

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How the Light Gets In: A Novel

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The Most Famous Girl in the World

Matthew Dicks

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Someday Is Today: Achieve Your Goals And Live Without Regret

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

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Dolores Barclay

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Wayne Gladstone

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Stacey Abrams

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Lisa Congdon

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Tim Dorsey

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Laura Esquivel

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Maggie O'Farrell

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Han Kang

2024 Winner of The Nobel Prize in Literature; Author of "Greek Lessons" & "The Vegetarian"

Han Kang Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

Genevieve Valentine

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Jayne Anne Phillips

Bestselling & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Short Story Writer

Marisa Silver

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Jenny Blake

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Rainbow Rowell

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Donna Tartt

Pulitzer Prize Award-Winning Author of "The Secret History," "The Little Friend" & "The Goldfinch"

Kate DiCamillo

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

Patricia Polacco

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Bill Dedman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter for NBC News; Co-Author, "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune"