Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was a Good Morning America Book Club Pick...

Phil Bayly is an award-winning television journalist and author of the Murder on Skis Mysteries...

Jedediah Berry is the author of two novels, The Naming Song, The Manual of Detection, and a story in cards, The Family Arcana. He lives in Western Massachusetts.

Jill Bialosky  is the author of five acclaimed collections of poetry, including Asylum, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award;  critically acclaimed novels, including, The Deceptions;

Paul Bogaards has directed some of the most successful book campaigns of the modern era...

Paulina Bren is an award-winning historian and professor at Vassar College, where she teaches international, gender, and media studies...

Beau Breslin is the Joseph C. Palamountain Chair in Government at Skidmore College. The author of three books...

Corey Brettschneider is a professor at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics.

Catherine Bruns is the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of several series...

Ann is a Nuyorican, Vermont-based author with an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA).

Melissa Caruso was born on the summer solstice and went to school in an old mansion with a secret door...

Sally Chaffin Brooks is a writer, stand-up comedian, andpodcaster. A reformed lawyer, Sally has released two chart-topping comedy albums...

Ryan Chapman is a Sri Lankan–American writer originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and currently based in Kingston, New York...

Mai Corland is a Korean American attorney and writer, born in Seoul and adopted into New York.

Ella Dawson is an NYC-based sex and culture critic whose work has been published by Elle, Vox, and Women’s Health, among others...

Joe Donahue is a nationally acclaimed host and interviewer.

Jennifer Dugan is the author of the young adult novels Melt With You, Some Girls Do, Verona Comics, and Hot Dog Girl...

Maxwell Eaton III is a highly tolerated author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including his The Truth About Your Favorite Animals series...

USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Everett is the author of The Damsels of Discovery and The Secret Scientists of London...

Lisa is an educator and a community organizer from Saratoga Springs, NY...

Longtime independent scholar and freelance writer Amy Godine has been writing about Adirondack ethnic, Black, and migratory history since 1989...

Leigh Haber is an independent editor, writer, and consultant. For ten years she ran Oprah's Book Club...

Garth Risk Hallberg’s ’s first novel, City on Fire, was a New York Times and international best seller...

USA Today bestselling, and Audie award-winning author Adriana Herrera was born and raised in the Caribbean...

Elizabeth Gonzalez James is a screenwriter and author of the novels, Mona at Sea and The Bullet Swallower, as well as...

Mary Jones’s stories and essays have appeared in many journals including Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading...

Unfortunately, due to illness, Daniel Kraus is unable to appear this year...

Beck Krefting is Professor of American Studies specializing in stand-up comedy studies and Director of the Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning at Skidmore College...

Amitava Kumar is the author of several works of nonfiction and four novels. His new novel is My Beloved Life...

Emily Layden is a screenwriter and the author of All Girls. A graduate of Stanford University...

J. S. Lemon grew up outside of Philadelphia, and chances are, so did you. She spent most of her childhood worrying about hair removal and trying to make people laugh...

Kelly Link is the author of White Cat, Black Dog; Get in Trouble, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction...

Since 2006, Donna Liquori has written the Bibliofiles column, which explores the culture of reading...

oanna Lowell lives among the fig trees in North Carolina, where she teaches in the English department at Wake Forest University...

New York Times bestselling author Shawntelle Madison has written over 15 science fiction, fantasy, and romance titles...

Mandy McHugh is an author from Upstate New York...

Karen M. McManus is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of young adult thrillers...

ohn McPherson is a cartoonist, author and nationally known speaker on the topic of humor, stress and creativity... 

CLÉMENCE MICHALLON was born and raised near Paris. She studied journalism at City University of London...

Carrie Mullins is the author of The Book of Mothers, available now from St. Martin's Press... 

GennaRose Nethercott is the author of a novel, Thistlefoot, and a book-length poem, The Lumberjack’s Dove...

Rachel Person is the director of events for Northshire Bookstore, and has planned events at Northshire’s Saratoga location since the store opened in 2013...

Roxana Robinson is the author of eleven books—seven novels, three collections of short stories, and the biography of Georgia O’Keeffe...

Cindy L. Rodriguez is a lifelong book nerd and longtime advocate for Latinxs in children's literature...

Jay Rogoff’s newest book, Becoming Poetry: Poets and Their Methods, published by Louisiana State University Press...

Sarah Sawyer is a high school English teacher at a boarding school in Western Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband and two children...

Helen Schulman is the New York Times best-selling author of seven novels, including Come with Me and This Beautiful Life...

Ruta Sepetys (rutasepetys.com) is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction...

Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Impossible Escape, Fallout...

E. L. Shen is a writer, editor, and the author of The Comeback, Maybe It’s a Sign...

Lyn Slater is a cultural influencer, model, writer, content creator, and former professor...

Hyeseung Song is the author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl...

Aatish Taseer is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, which include the memoir Stranger to History...

Abby Tegnelia is a world-renowned journalist who has covered everyone from Celine Dion and Robert De Niro...

Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Massachusetts Book awards...

Daphne Uviller is the author of the novel This Was Not the Plan and the novels Wife of the Day...

Cecily von Ziegesar is the author of the worldwide #1 bestselling Gossip Girl book series (Poppy/Little, Brown)...

Steven Weinberg writes and illustrates kids’ books about dinosaurs (Rex Finds an Egg! Egg! Egg!)...

For me, reading Black Science Fiction is a heuristic (a facilitator of one’s continued exploration)...

Matt Witten is a TV writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who has written for many TV shows...

Melora Wolff is a prose writer whose book Bequeath: Essays is available from Louisiana State University Press on September 13, 2024...

Warren Zanes is the New York Times bestselling author of Petty: The Biography.  As a member of the Del Fuegos...