Ganeshananthan
V. V. Ganeshananthan (she/her) is the author of the novels Brotherless Night (winner of the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction, the 2024 Carol Shields Prize, the 2023 Asian Prize, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and an NPR Book of the Year) and Love Marriage (longlisted for the Women’s Prize and named one of the […]
Cullen
History has never meant a dull recounting of dates and wars for Lynn Cullen. She was trained to love the subject as a child, when her father led his large family on camping trips across the United States every summer, excursions that centered around learning about the lives of the women and men who shaped […]
Jordan
Ashley Jordan (she/her) is a contemporary romance author whose work explores emotional healing, complicated family dynamics, and second chances. Her debut novel, ONCE UPON A TIME IN DOLLYWOOD, draws readers into the Tennessee mountains with its blend of heartfelt storytelling and slow-burn romance. Inspired by authors like Emily Henry, Kennedy Ryan, and Beverly Jenkins, Ashley […]
Campbell
Cebo Campbell is a writer, director, and cultural storyteller whose work moves across books, film, and design. His debut novel, Sky Full of Elephants, became a bestseller and is now being adapted for film in collaboration with Laurence Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy Productions. Sky Full of Elephants has been longlisted for the Aspen Literary Prize, longlisted […]
Pattee
Emma Pattee is a climate journalist and fiction writer who has written about climate change for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and more. In 2021 she coined the term “Climate Shadow” to describe an individual’s potential impact on climate change. Emma’s fiction has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Idaho […]
Greenberg
David Greenberg is distinguished professor of History and of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. His latest book, John Lewis: A Life (Simon & Schuster, 2024), a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, has been called “panoramic and richly insightful” (Brent Staples, The New York Times) and a biography that “captures Lewis’s life, achievements, and times with […]
Bailey
New York Times Bestselling author Tessa Bailey can solve all problems except for her own, so she focuses those efforts on stubborn, fictional blue collar men and loyal, lovable heroines. She lives on Long Island avoiding the sun and social interactions, then wonders why no one has called. Dubbed the “Michelangelo of dirty talk,” by […]
King
Allison King is an Asian American writer and software engineer. Her debut novel, The Phoenix Pencil Company, about a granddaughter discovering the magic behind her grandmother’s pencil company in 1940s Shanghai, was published in 2025 and was a Reese’s Book Club pick. In technology, her work has ranged from semiconductors to platforms for community conversations […]
Gaige
Amity Gaige is the bestselling author of five novels, O My Darling (2005), The Folded World (2007), Schroder (2013), Sea Wife (2020) and Heartwood (2025). Heartwood has been called “the best thriller of the year” by The Boston Globe, a Best Book of the Year So Far overall and a Best Crime Book of the […]
Hartnett
Annie Hartnett is the bestselling author of three novels: RABBIT CAKE (Tin House Books, 2017), UNLIKELY ANIMALS (Ballantine/Random House, 2022) and THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS (Ballantine/Random House, April 2025). THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS is a national bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and the winner of the 2025 New England Book Award for fiction. It […]