I.S. Berry spent six years as a CIA operations officer, serving in wartime Baghdad, and has worked throughout Europe and the Middle East, including two years in Bahrain during the Arab Spring. Her debut spy novel, “The Peacock and the… Continue Reading
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Medina, Tony
Tony Medina, winner of the 2025 Letras Boricuas Fellowship through The Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyán Arts Fund, was born in the South Bronx, raised in the Throgs Neck Housing Projects, and is a veteran of the United States Army.… Continue Reading
Gray, Ayana
Ayana Gray is a New York Times, USA Today, and Indie best-selling author. Her works have been translated into a dozen languages across five continents, and have received critical recognition at the state and national level. She has been featured… Continue Reading
Johnson, Victoria
Victoria Johnson is a writer and professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College in New York City, where she teaches on the history of philanthropy, nonprofits, and New York City. She is the author of “American Eden: David… Continue Reading
Fennelly, Beth Ann
Beth Ann Fennelly, poet laureate of Mississippi from 2016 to 2021, is the author of six books, including “Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs.” She teaches in the M.F.A. Program at the University of Mississippi, where she is a four-time teaching… Continue Reading
Hilton, Kate
Kate Hilton is a best-selling Canadian writer. Her fiction includes “City of the Muse,” “The Hole in the Middle,” “Just Like Family,” and “Better Luck Next Time.” She is also the co-author, with Elizabeth Renzetti, of the Quill & Packet… Continue Reading
Gavenas, Mary Lisa
Mary Lisa Gavenas, author of “Color Stories: Behind the Scenes of America’s Billion-Dollar Beauty Industry,” was named a Fellow at the Leon Levy Center for Biography and has been cited as an expert commentator on female entrepreneurship (CBS, NBC, CNN,… Continue Reading
Elrod, Thomas
Thomas Elrod lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and daughter. His writing has appeared in the LA Review of Books, Independent Weekly, and elsewhere. “The Franchise” is his first novel. BlueSky Instagram: @tomelrod86
Chu, John
John Chu is a microprocessor architect by day, a writer by night. His fiction has appeared in venues including Boston Review, Uncanny, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, and Reactor. His translations have been published at venues including Clarkesworld, The Big Book… Continue Reading
Targosz, Shana
Shana Targosz writes about magical girls, budding friendships, ghosts who may or may not be friendly, and fiercely held hope. She is an Oregon Literary Fellow and the 2021 recipient of the Edna L. Holmes Fellowship in Young Readers Literature.… Continue Reading