Cristina Alger is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University Law School who worked as a financial analyst and corporate attorney before becoming a writer.
A third generation native Arizonan, Kelly deVos can tell you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about cactus, cattle and climate, as she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Arizona State University.
With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country finding success in film, TV, radio and podcasts as well as on the live stage.
Laird Barron, an expat Alaskan, is the author of several books, including "The Imago Sequence and Other Stories," "Swift to Chase" and his newest, "Blood Standard."
Known for his surrealistic and divergent sharp comedy, Eddie Izzard is a world-renowned British stand-up comedian, actor and political activist. Eddie is known for his roles in many television series, in addition to starring in many films and w
Stephen Hunter is the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for Distinguished Criticism. He is also the author of many bestselling novels, including New York Times bestsellers Havana, Pale Horse Coming, and Hot Springs. His 1993 novel Point o
Radha Vatsal is the author of the Kitty Weeks mystery series, A Front Page Affair (2016) and her new novel Murder Between the Lines (2017). Her fascination with the 1910s began when she studied women filmmakers and action-film heroines of silen
Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, journalist and activist whose most recent work includes the adult novel Walkaway, the young adult graphic novel In Real Life and the nonfiction business book Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free. He is
Krauss comes back with this fascinating book recounting the great universe’s odyssey. Pursuing the style of A Universe From Nothing, Krauss attempts to connect the readers to scientific discoveries and the great scientists behind them through a
Megan Miranda is the New York Times best-selling author of The Missing Girls, her first novel for adults. Her second novel of psychological suspense is The Perfect Stranger, and she has also written several books for young adults. Miranda grew
Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize and many other prestigious awards for his fiction work The Sympathizer, Nguyen is one of the most promising writers in the modern literature landscape, and represents a voice for Vietnamese Americans. A Profess
New York Times best-selling author Lisa See has written books ranging from mystery to historical fiction to a memoir of her Chinese American family. On Gold Mountain, the memoir, became a national bestseller that inspired a 2000-2001 exhibition
Steve Berry is a New York Times international best seller, with 21 million copies of his books sold in 51 countries and translated to 40 languages. Steve worked as an attorney for 30 years and held public office for over a decade. His love for
In this memoir, Peter Selgin outlines the beginning of his passion for writing. As the child of an inventor and a twin, Peter always felt he had to compete for his parents’ attention. At the beginning of eighth grade, Peter meets a young teache
On a trip to Mexico in 1988, Valdez falls in love with a man from a rural Mexican village – her future husband, Sixto Valdez. So begins their modern-day love story: he illegally crosses the border to be with her and they are married soon after.
Mourner’s Bench tells the story of brave, bold women who led the civil rights movement in the Arkansas Delta. Set in 1964, the story unfolds from the perspective of eight-year-old Sarah White, a serious child who feels ready to get baptized, bu