Bestselling Authors

Chris Abani

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
PEN Freedom to Write

Elizabeth Acevedo

Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award
National Slam Champion
FYE: The Poet X

Diane Ackerman

NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
FYE: Zookeeper's Wife
FYE: The Human Age

Donald Antrim

MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer

Amy Bloom

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Short Story Writer
Novels: Lucky Us • Away
National Magazine Award

Augusten Burroughs

NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Running with Scissors
Lust & Wonder

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bestselling Novelist
Short Story Writer
Once Upon A River
American Salvage

Mark Doty

Distinguished Poet
National Book Award
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Dog Years: A Memoir

Andre Dubus III

#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist
House of Sand and Fog
Poverty & Violence Issues

Alex George

Bestselling Novelist
Unbound Book Festival Founder

Natalie Goldberg

Bestselling Author & Poet
Writing Down The Bones
Buddhist Themes
Visual Artist

Adam Gopnik

Int'l Bestselling Author
Memoir and Fiction
Essay and Criticism
The Moth Storyteller

Sara Gruen

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Water for Elephants
Animal Rights Advocate
Keynote Speaker

Alka Joshi

NYT Bestselling Novelist
The Henna Artist

Daniyal Mueenuddin

Pakistani-American Author
Short Story Writer
Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Torrey Peters

NYT Bestselling Novelist
LGBTQ Themes
Detransition, Baby

Francine Prose

NYT Bestselling Author
Fiction, Nonfiction, Essay
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Reading Like A Writer

Claudia Rankine

Poet & Playwright
NYT Nonfiction Bestseller
NBCCA & Forward Prize
FYE: Citizen

Roxana Robinson

Shortlist IMPAC Award
Novels: Sparta & Cost
Art Scholar & Ecologist
Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

George Saunders

NYT Bestselling Writer
Man Booker Prize Winner
MacArthur "Genius" Award
FYE: Tenth of December

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Columbian Journalist
Acclaimed Translator
Int'l IMPAC Dublin Award

Lidia Yuknavitch

Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
LGBTQ Issues
Misfit's Manifesto