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Rion Amilcar Scott's first book, Insurrections, won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction.

ALEXANDRA FULLER was born in England in 1969. In 1972, she moved with her family to a farm in southern Africa.

Susan Shreve is the author of fifteen novels and twenty-nine books for children.

Jami is the author of six books: Instant Love, The Kept Man, The Melting Season, New York Times bestseller The Middlesteins, Saint Mazie

​Maggie Paxson is a writer, anthropologist and performer. She is also the author of Solovyovo: The Story of Memory in a Russian Village.

​The Maaza Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A Fulbright Scholar and professor in the MFA in Creative Writing

Louisa Treger has worked as a classical violinist. She studied at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music.

​Peter Guzzardi has worked in publishing for more than forty years.

​ Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

Jennifer's prior works include The Gods of Heavenly Punishment, winner of the 2014 Asian Pacific Association of Librarians Honor award

​Helon Habila was born in Nigeria. He studied English Language and Literature at the University of Jos.

Julie Langsdorf has received four fiction grants from the Maryland State Arts Council