Kerry Egan

When she began her work as a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan realized she’d been granted an invaluable chance to witness firsthand what she calls the “spiritual work of dying”—the work...

Donovan Livingston

Donovan Livingston is an award-winning educator, spoken word poet, and public speaker. In 2016, his Harvard Graduate School of Education convocation address “Lift Off” went viral, reaching over thirteen million...

Nancy Isenberg

Nancy Isenberg is the T. Harry Williams Professor of American History at Louisiana State University. She is author of the New York Times bestseller White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History...

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Kimberly Williams-Paisley is an actress, producer, and director who first lit up the screen as the radiant young bride in the comedy feature film series Father of the Bride and Father...

Carl Hiaasen

A Florida native, Carl Hiaasen has been writing about the Sunshine State since his father gave him a typewriter at age six. From 1985 until 2021, Hiaasen wrote a column for The...

Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar has been writing children’s books for over thirty years. He is best known for his Newbery Medal and National Book Award-winning novel Holes, which was adapted into a 2003 film...

Lauren Groff

Lauren Groff is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Fates and Furies, and Matrix, as well as the celebrated short-story collections Delicate Edible Birds and Florida, a 2018 National Book Award...

Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City...

Ruta Sepetys

In 2011, author Ruta Sepetys published her debut novel, Between Shades of Gray, a poignant account of Joseph Stalin’s ethnic cleansing in the Baltic countries during WWII as seen through...