Chris Abani

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet

Elizabeth Acevedo

Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

NYT Bestselling Novelist
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Award Finalist

Osama Alomar

Acclaimed Syrian Author
Flash Fiction/Poetry

Anastacia-Reneé

Author, Educator, Interdisciplinary Artist
Award-winning Poet

Donald Antrim

MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer

Jami Attenberg

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Memoirist

Destiny O. Birdsong

Award-winning Novelist & Poet
2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist

Adrienne Brodeur

Best-selling Memoirist & Novelist
Executive Director of Aspen Words

Gabriel Bump

Acclaimed Novelist
Everywhere You Don't Belong

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bestselling Novelist
National Book Award Finalist

Vanessa Chan

Bestselling Novelist
Former Technology Executive

Marilyn Chin

Poet, Novelist, Translator
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

Kwame Dawes

Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Windham Campbell Prize Winner

Natashia Deón

Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Attorney

Andre Dubus III

#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist
House of Sand and Fog

Bernardine Evaristo

Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner

Beth Ann Fennelly

Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Micro-Memoirist

Carrie Fountain

Award-winning Poet
YA: I’m Not Missing

Forrest Gander

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation

Cristina Garcí­a

Novelist, Poet, YA Author
Cuban-American Writer

Adam Gopnik

Int'l Bestselling Author
New Yorker Staff Writer

Isabella Hammad

Award-winning Novelist
O. Henry Prize

Pam Houston

Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature

Vanessa Hua

Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Issues

Andrew Krivak

Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist

Akil Kumarasamy

Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize

Malinda Lo

Award-winning Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
National Book Award Winner
Lambda Literary Award

Hisham Matar

Pulitzer Prize-winning Nonfiction Author
PEN America Jean Stein Book Award

Jamila Minnicks

Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN/Bellwether Prize

Rick Moody

Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist

Sir Andrew Motion

U.K. Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize

Eileen Myles

Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award

Chigozie Obioma

Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award

Torrey Peters

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby

Caryl Phillips

Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award

Deesha Philyaw

Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality

Casey Plett

Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award

Ernesto Quiñonez

Acclaimed Novelist
Latino Trendsetter Award

Bushra Rehman

Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Alberto Ríos

Mexican-American Writer
National Book Award Finalist

Sapphire

Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet

George Saunders

NYT Bestselling Writer
Booker Prize Winner

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award

Daniel Torday

Acclaimed Novelist
Jewish Book Award

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

NYT Bestselling Novelist
IMPAC Dublin Award

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Novelist & Memoirist
Literary & Social Activist

Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ

Acclaimed Novelist & Short Story Writer

Phillip B. Williams

Acclaimed Poet
Lambda Literary Award

Karen Tei Yamashita

Award-winning Author
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic

Lidia Yuknavitch

Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist

Ibi Zoboi

Award-winning YA Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
American Street