In the words of The New York Times, Louis Bayard “reinvigorates historical fiction,” rendering the past “as if he’d witnessed it firsthand.” His acclaimed novels include “The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts;” “The Pale Blue Eye,” adapted into the global… Continue Reading

Zeeva Bukai was born in Israel and raised in New York City. Her honors include a Fellowship at the New York Center for Fiction and residencies at Hedgebrook, and Byrdcliffe AIR program. Her stories are forthcoming in “Smashing the Tablets:… Continue Reading

Andie Burke specializes in big-hearted, queer romcoms that kick-off with meet-disasters rather than meet-cutes. When not writing, she works as a pediatric radiology nurse. She lives with two small, but hilarious, humans in a Maryland home filled with an alarming… Continue Reading

Gary Burr is one of Nashville’s most accomplished songwriters with 14 number ones songs. His songs have been recorded by Garth Brooks, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Rogers, Faith Hill, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many others. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s… Continue Reading

Essie Chambers is an award-winning author and producer. Her best-selling debut novel, “Swift River,” was a Read with Jenna book club pick, and was longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and The Center for Fiction… Continue Reading

Sara Goodman Confino is the best-selling author of “Behind Every Good Man,” “Don’t Forget to Write,” “She’s Up to No Good” and “For the Love of Friends.” After spending many years teaching high school English and journalism in Montgomery County,… Continue Reading

Keith Donohue is the author of five novels, including The New York Times best-seller, “The Stolen Child.” His work has been translated into two dozen languages. He also reviews books, interviews other writers, and wrote speeches for the chairman of… Continue Reading

Rosa Kwon Easton is a Korean American lawyer, library trustee and author of the debut novel, “White Mulberry,” an Amazon First Reads Editor’s Pick and a #1 Best Seller in Historical Fiction. It has been named a “Best Book” by… Continue Reading

Matt Goldman is a New York Times best-selling author and Emmy Award winning TV writer. He has been nominated for the Shamus Award, the Nero Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and was named to the Texas Lariat Reading… Continue Reading

Christine Gunderson grew up on a fourth-generation family farm in rural North Dakota where she read Laura Ingalls Wilder books in her very own little house on the prairie. She’s a former television anchor and reporter, and former Capitol Hill… Continue Reading

Lindsay Hameroff is a writer, humorist and former English teacher raised in Baltimore, Md., and based in Harrisburg, Pa. Her writing has been featured in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Belladonna, Weekly Humorist, and fan letters to Harry Styles. She is… Continue Reading

John Kenney is the author of three novels, including the forthcoming “I See You’ve Called in Dead,” and four books of poetry. His first novel, “Truth In Advertising,” won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He is also the author… Continue Reading

Madeline Martin is a New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and international best-selling author of historical fiction with books that have been translated into over 25 different languages. She lives in sunny Florida with her husband (known as Mr.… Continue Reading

Frances Park is a local Korean American author of novels, memoirs and children’s books. At age 10, she typed a 200-page story on an Underwood typewriter – blue ink, onionskin paper, reading aloud to anyone who would listen. Since then,… Continue Reading

Sarah Pekkanen is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of 15 solo and co-authored novels. Her books are sold in 36 countries, with several optioned for TV and film. Sarah also co-wrote the screenplay for “The Wife Between Us”… Continue Reading

Dolen Perkins-Valdez is The New York Times best-selling author of “Wench” (2010), “Balm” (2015), and most recently, “Take My Hand” (2022), which was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Newsweek, San Francisco Chronicle, Essence, NBC News and elsewhere.… Continue Reading

Eric Puchner is the author of the forthcoming novel “Dream State.” His previous books include the novel, “Model Home,” a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award; and two collections of stories, “Last Day on Earth” and “Music Through the Floor,” a… Continue Reading

Tara Karr Roberts is a freelance writer, science writer and newspaper columnist. She is a lifelong Idahoan who grew up along the Pend Oreille River and now lives in Moscow, Idaho, with her family. “Wild and Distant Seas” is her… Continue Reading