Authors: Fiction

M.T. Anderson

M. T. Anderson is the author of a number of celebrated books including the Thrilling Tales series, as well as The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1, The Pox Party, which won the National Book Award and a Printz Honor, and The Astonishing Life...

Marie-Helene Bertino

Marie-Helene Bertino is the author of Beautyland, Parakeet, 2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas, and the story collection Safe as Houses. She was the 2017 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow in Cork, Ireland. She has received the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the Iowa Short Fiction Award,...

Amy Jo Burns

Amy Jo Burns is the author of the memoir Cinderland and the novel Shiner, which was a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, NPR Best Book of the year, and “told in language as incandescent as smoldering coal,” according to The New York Times. Her latest novel, Mercury, is a Barnes & Noble Book Club...

Mark Cecil

Mark Cecil is an author, journalist and host of The Thoughtful Bro show, for which he conducts author interviews with an eclectic roster of award winning and bestselling writers. He has written for LitHub, Writer’s Digest, Cognoscenti, The Millions, Reuters and Embark Literary Journal, among other publications. He is...

Juliet Grames

Juliet Grames is the best-selling author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna and a new book, The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in Real Simple, Parade, and The Boston Globe, and she is the recipient of an Ellery Queen...

Tania James

Tania James is the author of four works of fiction, most recently the novel Loot, long listed for the National Book Award and named a best book of the year by The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NPR, and Kirkus Reviews. Other books include The Tusk That Did the...

Zain Khalid

Zain Khalid was named a “5 Under 35” honoree by the National Book Foundation in 2024. He is the author of the debut novel, Brother Alive.  Brother Alive won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award and the CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction, was a finalist for...

Samuel Kọ́láwọlé

Samuel Kọ́láwọlé was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria. He is the author of a new, critically acclaimed novel, The Road to the Salt Sea. His work has appeared in AGNI, Georgia Review, The Hopkins Review, Gulf Coast, Washington Square Review, Harvard Review, Image Journal, and other literary publications....

Amitava Kumar

Amitava Kumar is the author of several works of nonfiction and four novels. His new novel is My Beloved Life. Kumar's novel Immigrant, Montana was on the best of the year lists at The New Yorker, The New York Times, and President Obama’s list of favorite books of 2018....

Sigrid Nunez

Sigrid Nunez is the author of the nine works of fiction including  A Feather on the Breath of God, The Last of Her Kind, Salvation City, The Friend, What Are You Going Through, and a new book, The Vulnerables. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir...

Julia Phillips

Julia Phillips is the bestselling author of the novel Disappearing Earth, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year. Her second novel, Bear, was published in June. Julia's work has been translated into twenty-six languages....

Roxana Robinson

Roxana Robinson is the award-winning author of six novels, including her new novel Leaving, and three short story collections. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s, and other publications. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacDowell...

Sarah Stewart Taylor

Sarah Stewart Taylor is the author of the Sweeney St. George series, set in New England, the Maggie D’arcy mysteries, set in Ireland and on Long Island, and Agony Hill, the first in a new series set in rural Vermont in the 1960s. Sarah has been nominated for an...

Adelle Waldman

Adelle Waldman is the author of the novels, Help Wanted, and The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., which was named one of that year’s best books by The New Yorker, The Economist, The New Republic, NPR, Slate, Bookforum,   mes, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street...

Tyriek Rashawn White

Tyriek Rashawn White is a writer, musician, and educator from Brooklyn, NY. He is the author of We Are a Haunting, winner of The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. The novel was also longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, and a finalist of the Mississippi Institute...