Burns
Amy Jo Burns is the author of four books, including her most recent novel, Wait for Me, which was selected for the Today Show’s Read With Jenna Book Club, the Good Housekeeping Book Club, and the Indie Next list for March 2026. All of Amy Jo’s books feature big-hearted, ambitious women, and she loves to […]
Stromoski
Rick Stromoski is an award-winning cartoonist and humorous illustrator whose works include the syndicated comic strips Mullets, Soup to Nutz, and Schnozzer & Tatertoes graphic novels. His illustrations and cartoons have appeared in national magazines, children’s books, educational publications, licensing, advertising, newspaper syndication and network television. He is a self-taught artist who was influenced by […]
Attenberg
Jami Attenberg is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including The Middlesteins, All Grown Up, the recently published A Reason to See You Again, and a memoir, I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home. She has been a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction […]
Raskin
Allison Raskin is a New York Times bestselling author, relationship coach and mental health advocate, in addition to being an accomplished content creator. She co-hosts the show Starter Marriage with her husband and created the Emotional Support Lady Instagram and Substack. She is also well-known for her time at Buzzfeed Video and her popular YouTube […]
Nabhan
Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan is a Lebanese-American plant explorer, literary naturalist, desert scientist, and biocultural restoration ecologist. Over a half century, his field work and communuty engagement with diverse cultures has spanned ten deserts on four continents. His rich and varied work is unified around three themes, the interactions among plants, animals and traditional land-based […]
Whybrow
Helen Whybrow is an award-winning author of several works of nonfiction, a book editor and organic farmer. Her book about the joys, sorrows and ancient pull of the shepherding life, The Salt Stones (2025), was longlisted for the National Book Award and chosen as a Best Book of 2025 by the New Yorker, NPR/Fresh Air […]
Renkl
Billy Renkl grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and earned his undergraduate degree in illustration from Auburn University. His M.F.A., from the University of South Carolina, is in drawing. Today he teaches illustration, collage, and drawing as a professor of art at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He and his wife have three adult […]
VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer’s NYT-bestselling, critically acclaimed Southern Reach series has been translated into 39 languages. The first novel, Annihilation, won the Nebula Award and Shirley Jackson Award, and was made into a movie by Paramount starring Tessa Thompson, Oscar Isaac, and Natalie Portman. The most recent installment is Absolution, a NYT bestseller and a Los Angeles Times […]
James
Cassandra James grew up in a mixed immigrant family with a penchant for storytelling, so becoming a writer was almost inevitable. She recently graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English focusing on Creative Writing. After solo-traveling the world for several months, she met her swoon-worthy husband and landed in Orlando, Florida, where she […]
Hochhauser
Rachel Hochhauser is an author and entrepreneur based in Portland, Oregon—by way of Santa Barbara, New York, and Los Angeles—where she lives with her husband and daughters. Her debut novel, Lady Tremaine, is an untelling of Cinderella from the perspective of the so-called evil stepmother: a meditation on motherhood and women bold enough to make […]