Craft of Writing

Omar

Abed

Children’s Author

Dulles, VA

Corban

Addison

Bestselling Author of Fiction & Nonfiction

Charlottesville, VA

Jami

Attenberg

NYT Bestselling Author

New Orleans, LA

Natalie

Baszile

Award-Nominated Fiction Novelist

San Francisco, CA

Barbara

Becker

Award Winning Author

New York, NY

Stefan Merrill

Block

New York Times Bestselling Author

Newark, NJ

Adam

Borba

Middle Grade Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Alafair

Burke

Bestselling Novelist

New York, NY

Angela

Burke Kunkel

Award Winning Children’s Author

Burlington, VT

Amy Jo

Burns

Novelist

Newark, NJ

Meg

Cabot

New York Times Bestselling Author

Key West, FL

Cebo

Campbell

Bestselling Novelist

New York, NY

Wiley

Cash

Bestselling & Award Winning Novelist

Wilmington, NC

Yangsze

Choo

Bestselling Novelist

San Francisco, CA

Meagan

Church

Bestselling Novelist

Charlotte, NC

Eli

Cranor

Award-Winning Writer

Little Rock, AR

Cynthia

D’Aprix Sweeney

NYT Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Julie C.

Dao

Critically Acclaimed Author

Boston, MA

Lisl H.

Detlefsen

Picture Book Writer

Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Stephanie

Dray

New York Times Bestselling Author

Baltimore, MD

Amanda

Foody

Bestselling Author

Philadelphia, PA

Claudia J.

Ford

Honored Scholar and Fellow

Buffalo, NY

Amity

Gaige

Bestselling Novelist

Hartford, CT

Jack

Gantos

Middle Grade/Young Adult Author

Boston, MA

Byron

Graves

Award Winning Novelist

Denver, CO

Evan

Griffith

Middle Grade and Nonfiction Author

Austin, TX

Emily

Habeck

Bestselling Debut Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Jas

Hammonds

Award Winning Author

Newark, NJ

Annie

Hartnett

Bestselling Novelist

Boston, MA

Chaz

Hayden

Young Adult Author

Easton, PA

Leigh Ann

Henion

New York Times Bestselling Author

Boone, NC

David

Heska Wanbli Weiden

Award Winning Novelist

Denver, CO

Jon

Hickey

Indigenous Writer

San Francisco, CA

Rachel

Hochhauser

New York Times Bestselling Novelist

Portland, OR

Deborah

Hopkinson

Award Winning Children’s Author

Portland, OR

Cassandra

James

Bestselling Novelist

Orlando, FL

Sadeqa

Johnson

New York Times Bestselling Author

Richmond, VA

Ashley

Jordan

Bestselling Author

Atlanta, GA

Marjan

Kamali

Bestselling Author

Boston, MA

Jean

Kwok

New York Times Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Michael

Leali

Award-Winning Writer & Educator

San Francisco, CA

Ken

Liu

Award Winning Fantasy Author

Boston, MA

Scott

Magoon

Children’s Author & Illustrator

Boston, MA

Megha

Majumdar

Oprah’s Book Club Pick Author

New York, NY

Bernice

McFadden

Bestselling Novelist

New York, NY

Libby

McNamee

Award-Winning Author

Richmond, VA

Lily

Meade

Young Adult Novelist

Seattle, WA

Yesenia

Moises

Afro-Latina Children’s Author

Raleigh, NC

Edward Kelsey

Moore

Bestselling Novelist

Chicago, IL

Hannah

Morrissey

Bestselling Author

Milwaukee, WI

Ann

Napolitano

New York Times Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Colleen

Oakley

Bestselling Author

Atlanta, GA

Suyi Davies

Okungbowa

Award Winning Author

Ottawa, CAN

Sarah

Pekkanen

New York Times Bestselling Novelist

Washington, DC

Aimee

Phan

Young Adult Author

Oakland, CA

Jayne Anne

Phillips

Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction

Boston, MA

Andy J.

Pizza

Bestselling Author-Illustrator

Columbus, OH

Nita

Prose

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Toronto, ON

Vanessa

Riley

Award Winning Historical Novelist

Atlanta, GA

Scott

Rothman

Children’s Author

Providence, RI

Kaira

Rouda

Bestselling Novelist

Laguna Beach, CA

Nadia

Salomon

Award-Winning Journalist

Seattle, WA

Julie

Satow

Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Hannah V.

Sawyerr

Award Winning Author

Baltimore, MD

Saïd

Sayrafiezadeh

Award-Winning Memoirist & Fiction Writer

New York, NY

Peng

Shepherd

Award Winning Novelist

Boston, MA

Nina

Simon

NYT Bestselling Novelist

Santa Cruz, CA

Rick

Stromoski

Award Winning Cartoonist

Hartford, CT

Sofi

Thanhauser

Writer & Artist

Brooklyn, NY

Ari

Tison

Award Winning Author

Minneapolis, MN

Lisa

Unger

Bestselling Novelist

Tampa, FL

Shanna

Upchurch

Award-Winning Author of Children’s & Middle Grade Books

Dallas, TX

Frank X

Walker

Poet

Lexington, KY

Ian

Williams

Author of Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

Toronto, ON

Erika T.

Wurth

Urban Native

Denver, CO

Kao Kalia

Yang

Award-Winning Memoirist

Minneapolis, MN