Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
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