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Short Story Writer & Novelist

International Best-Selling Author

New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "Infinity Son" & "They Both Die at the End"

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author; Known for "Puddin',"Dumplin'" & "Side Effects May Vary"

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Novelist, Poet, Critic & Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Author & Creative Writing Professor; Best Known for "Tampa" & "Made for Love"

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

New York Times Best Selling Author, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Best Known for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Barkskins"

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

Author Known for "Landline," "Attachments," "Fangirl," "Eleanor & Park" & "Carry On"

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.