Nadifa Mohamed

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Laura Esquivel

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

David Ebershoff

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

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Susanna Clarke

Author of Award-Winning Book, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell"

Marisa Silver

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

Danielle Evans

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

Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month; Co-Founder of 100 Word Story; Co-Host of Podcast "Write-minded"

Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story

C.L. Polk

Author of the Kingston Cycle

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Lancelot Schaubert

Novelist of "Bell Hammers," Editor, Performer, Artist Chaplain

Jane Harper

International Best-Selling Author

John Preston

Author of "The Dig"

Deborah Kay Davies

Author

Sally Hepworth

Best-Selling Author

Ari Popper

Founder & CEO of SciFutures

Nnedi Okorafor

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Writing for a Broken World: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor

Fatima Mirza

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Sophie Hannah

Bestselling Crime Fiction Author

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Laurie Frankel

New York Times Bestselling Author Best Known For "This Is How It Always Is"

Family Family: A Novel

Kelly Notaras

Founder of kn literary arts

Daniel Gumbiner

Author of "The Boatbuilder"

Kristan Higgins

New York Times Bestselling Author

Kristen Roupenian

Author of the New Yorker's Viral "Cat Person"

Crystal Hana Kim

Author Known for "If You Leave Me"

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Fiction Author & Professor at the University of Notre Dame

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Meg Medina

Award-Winning Cuban American Children's Author