Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy
Nnedi Okorafor
Jenny Offill
T.C. Boyle
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Matthew Davis
Abdi Nor Iftin
Aleksandar Hemon
G. Willow Wilson
Mathangi Subramanian
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Yaa Gyasi
Deesha Philyaw
Steve Wiegenstein
Danielle Evans
Brian Castleberry
Robin Wasserman
Rufi Thorpe
Matthew Salesses
Bobbie Ann Mason
K-Ming Chang
Airea D. Matthews
N.K. Jemisin
Tananarive Due
Sheree Renée Thomas
Jennifer Clement
Luis Alberto Urrea
Susan Muaddi Darraj
Osama Alomar
Laila Halaby
Elizabeth Hand
Mark Z. Danielewski
Brian Evenson
Dan Chaon
Scott McCloud
Ebony Flowers
Gene Luen Yang
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
Douglas Stuart
Min Jin Lee
Angie Thomas
Reginald Dwayne Betts
DaMaris B. Hill, PhD
Luis J. Rodriguez
Amber Sparks
Carmen Maria Machado
Kelly Link
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Isaac Fitzgerald
Esmé Weijun Wang
Zack McDermott
Winner of the 2020 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story Lydia Davis's ESSAYS ONE, her first nonfiction book, was published in 2019 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Lydia Davis is the author of VARIETIES OF DISTURBANCE, which was a National Book Award...
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Willy Vlautin
Richard Powers
Ivelisse Rodriguez
Blanche McCrary Boyd
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
Amy Hempel
Ben Lerner
G. Willow Wilson
Mathangi Subramanian
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the 2019 MacArthur “Genius” Grant, he is also the winner of the Whiting Award...
Peter Rock is the author of ten works of fiction, most recently The Night Swimmers, SPELLS, Klickitat and The Shelter Cycle. The recipient of fellowships from Stanford University, the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he currently...
Yiyun Li
Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican American writer who grew up in the Netherlands and Mexico. She is the author of three novels, Book of Clouds, which won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger in France, Asunder, set in London’s National Gallery, and Sea Monsters. Chloe...
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Morgan Jenkins, Author
Nisi Shawl, Author
Rion Amilcar Scott, Author
Margaret Atwood, Author
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Daniel Pink, Author
Stephen King, Author
Emma Donoghue, Author
Lauren Beukes, Author
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