Creative Nonfiction

Corban

Addison

Bestselling Author of Fiction & Nonfiction

Charlottesville, VA

Jami

Attenberg

NYT Bestselling Author

New Orleans, LA

Erica

Berry

Prize Winning Non-Fiction Writer

Portland, OR

Stefan Merrill

Block

New York Times Bestselling Author

Newark, NJ

Amy Jo

Burns

Novelist

Newark, NJ

Eiren

Caffall

Novelist & Memoirist

Chicago, IL

Jim

Cosgrove

Award-Winning Children’s Entertainer

Kansas City, MO

John

Coy

Award Winning Children’s Author

Minneapolis, MN

Lisl H.

Detlefsen

Picture Book Writer

Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Ashley

Erdely

Educator & Nature Enthusiast

Portland, OR

Michael

Finkel

Bestselling Author

Salt Lake City, UT

Evan

Friss

Bestselling Author

Harrisonburg, VA

Allison

Gilbert

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist

New York, NY

Chris

Harris

New York Times Bestselling Children’s Poet

Los Angeles, CA

Lyanda Lynn

Haupt

Award-Winning Author

Seattle, WA

Alison

Hawthorne Deming

Award Winning Poet and Essayist

Tucson, AZ

Peter

Heller

Bestselling Novelist

Denver, CO

Leigh Ann

Henion

New York Times Bestselling Author

Boone, NC

Deborah

Hopkinson

Award Winning Children’s Author

Portland, OR

Michelle

Horton

Writer and Activist

Westchester, NY

Abbott

Kahler

Bestselling Nonfiction Writer

New York, NY

Sam

Kean

New York Times Bestselling Author

Washington, DC

Gaelynn

Lea

Composer & Musician

Minneapolis, MN

Justin

Lee

Bridge-Builder

Charlotte, NC

Carrie

Lowry Schuettpelz

Indigenous Author & Policy Practitioner

Cedar Rapids, IA

J. Albert

Mann

Award Winning Author

Queens, NY

Andrew

McCarthy

Award Winning Travel Writer

Los Angeles, CA

Bernice

McFadden

Bestselling Novelist

New York, NY

Kelly

McMasters

Bestselling Author

New York, NY

James Edward

Mills

Changing the Face of the Outdoors

Madison, WI

Brad

Montague

Bestselling Children’s Author & Illustrator

Memphis, TN

Gary

Nabhan

Natural Resource Conservation Scientist

Patagonia, AZ

Savala

Nolan

Acclaimed Essayist

Richmond, CA

Mallory

O’Meara

Author of Nonfiction

Burbank, CA

Patricia

Ononiwu Kaishian

Mycologist

Albany, NY

Andy J.

Pizza

Bestselling Author-Illustrator

Columbus, OH

Margaret

Renkl

Nonfiction Writer

Nashville, TN

Helena Ku

Rhee

Award Winning Children’s Author

Los Angeles, CA

Elizabeth

Rosner

Prize Winning Novelist

San Francisco, CA

Elizabeth

Rush

Nonfiction Writer

Providence, RI

Zoë

Schlanger

Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Sarah

Smarsh

Award-Winning Writer

Rural Kansas

Grant

Snider

Author & Illustrator

Wichita, KS

Meera

Sriram

Children’s Writer

San Francisco, CA

Ryan Bani

Tahmaseb

Children’s & Middle Grade Author

York, ME

Sofi

Thanhauser

Writer & Artist

Brooklyn, NY

Kelsey

Timmerman

NYT Bestselling Author

Indianapolis, IN

Shanna

Upchurch

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

Dallas, TX

Jonathan

Waterman

Award-Winning Author and Photographer

Vail, CO

Irvin

Weathersby

Writer & Journalist

New York, NY

Kinari

Webb

Nonfiction Writer

San Francisco, CA

Helen

Whybrow

Award Winning Author

Burlington, VT

Kao Kalia

Yang

Award-Winning Memoirist

Minneapolis, MN

Mitchell

Zuckoff

Nonfiction Writer & Journalist

Boston, MA