J. Kelly Hoey

J. Kelly Hoey is a networking expert, who has been lauded from Forbes (“1 of 5 Women Changing the World of VC/Entrepreneurship”) to Fast Company (“1 of the 25 Smartest...

Garrard Conley

Garrard Conley is the author of the acclaimed memoir Boy Erased, a beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and...

William Finnegan

William Finnegan is an award-winning journalist and the author of five books. A New Yorker staff writer since 1987, Finnegan has reported extensively on conflict and culture in many different...

Brit Bennett

When Brit Bennett’s debut novel The Mothers was published in the fall of 2016, critics and readers were immediately dazzled by this exciting new voice in literary fiction. Bennett was...

Hanya Yanagihara

Hanya Yanagihara is a critically acclaimed and bestselling novelist and the editor in chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Following the publication of her debut novel, The...

Tim Wu

Tim Wu has long been one of the most influential thought leaders on the tech industry and the future of America’s information economy. During his time in the Biden administration,...

Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead is the critically acclaimed, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Underground Railroad (winner of the 2016 National Book Award and...

Ken Segall

Ken Segall is the author of the new book, Think Simple—the follow-up to his New York Times bestseller, Insanely Simple. A self-proclaimed technology enthusiast, Segall worked closely with Steve Jobs...

Yaa Gyasi

Novelist Yaa Gyasi is the author of Homegoing, one of the most celebrated debuts of 2016. A riveting, kaleidoscopic novel, Homegoing is a story of race, history, ancestry, love, and time that traces...