Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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

Donald Antrim

MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bestselling Novelist
National Book Award Finalist

Andre Dubus III

#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist
House of Sand and Fog

Emma Copley Eisenberg

Best-selling Novelist & Memoirist
Co-founder Blue Stoop

Isabella Hammad

Award-winning Novelist
O. Henry Prize

Pam Houston

Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature

Vanessa Hua

Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Issues

Akil Kumarasamy

Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize

Malinda Lo

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

Jamila Minnicks

Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN/Bellwether Prize

Dantiel W. Moniz

Award-winning Short Story Writer
“5 Under 35” Award
Pushcart Prize

Rick Moody

Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist

Torrey Peters

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby

Deesha Philyaw

National Book Award Finalist
Black Queer Intersectionality

Casey Plett

Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award

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
National Book Award Longlist
Whiting Award Winner

Daniel Torday

Acclaimed Novelist
Jewish Book Award

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

NYT Bestselling Novelist
IMPAC Dublin Award

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Acclaimed Novelist & Short Story Writer

Karen Tei Yamashita

Award-winning Author
Lifetime Achievement Award
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic