Stanley Andrisse, M.B.A., Ph.D., is a formerly incarcerated person who transformed his life from prison to becoming a tenured endocrinology professor at Howard University College of Medicine. He is the executive director of From Prison Cells to PhD (P2P), a… Continue Reading

Stefan Merrill Block is most recently the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, “Homeschooled,” which was a Read with Jenna book club pick. His first book, “The Story of Forgetting,” was an international bestseller. Stefan’s novels have been… Continue Reading

Ruben Castaneda is the author “S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C.,” which was published by Bloomsbury in July 2014. The book vividly recounts how Ruben covered the violent crack era for The Washington Post while struggling with… Continue Reading

Adam Cohen is a journalist and lawyer. He was a senior writer for Time magazine and a New York Times Editorial Board member. He was also a public interest law litigator, and a Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.… Continue Reading

Peter Cozzens is a retired Foreign Service Officer and the multiple award-winning author of 19 books on the Civil War and the American West His most recent book is the newly released “Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American… Continue Reading

Aaron C. Davis is an investigative reporter for The Washington Post who has won the Pulitzer Prize twice and has been a finalist three times. He was a lead writer and reporter on the Post’s investigative series into the January… Continue Reading

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson is the author of the critically-acclaimed book “Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free,” which came out in 2025 from Simon & Schuster. Dickinson’s first book has been hailed as an exceptional biography and an essential… Continue Reading

Stefan Fatsis is the author of The New York Times best-seller “Word Freak,” about the world of competitive Scrabble; “A Few Seconds of Panic,” about life in the National Football League; and “Wild and Outside,” about minor league baseball. His… Continue Reading

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

Charles Ferguson spent three and a half years as the Camp David Historian and Presidential Chaplain. During that time, he coordinated with 14 Presidential Libraries to better tell the true story of the President’s exclusive mountaintop retreat, scouring records and… Continue Reading

Eli Frankel has served as a television and documentary production company owner, Emmy-nominated executive producer, network executive, showrunner, editor, camera operator, writer, and director of multiple series for broadcast television, cable television, and streaming networks. His credits include MGM/Epix’s definitive… Continue Reading

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

Christopher C. Gorham is a lawyer, educator, and acclaimed author of “The Confidante” (a Goodreads Choice Award finalist in History/Biography) and “Matisse at War: Art and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France,” a finalist for the Marfield Prize for arts writing.… Continue Reading

Reyna Grande is an award-winning author whose work captures the complexities of immigration and the American Dream. Born in Mexico and left behind by her parents at age four, she crossed the border undocumented at age nine. These experiences fueled… Continue Reading

Jason G. Green is a community organizer, attorney, entrepreneur, and storyteller, and the author of “Too Precious to Lose,” a reflection on belonging, memory, and the communities that sustain us. Raised in Maryland, his work explores the institutions and relationships… Continue Reading

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

Melanie D.G. Kaplan is a longtime independent journalist whose travel and science writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and National Parks magazine. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, a 2021–2022 MIT… Continue Reading

Carol Leonnig, a five-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is the author of three best-selling books and an investigative reporter who has worked at The Washington Post for the last 25 years. She won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for her… Continue Reading

Emily Mendenhall is an award-winning author, anthropologist, editor, and professor at Georgetown University. Emily’s work often addresses challenges people face at the intersections of culture, health, and politics, and focuses on how people navigate the troubled waters of chronic illness… Continue Reading

Megan Kate Nelson is a historian, cocktail enthusiast, and the author of five books, including the forthcoming, “The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier,” as well as”The Three-Cornered War” (2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist, History) and “Saving Yellowstone” (2023… Continue Reading

Keith O’Brien is The New York Times best-selling author of “Charlie Hustle,” “Paradise Falls,” “Fly Girls,” and “Outside Shot.” He has won the 2025 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld award for biography; has been a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary… Continue Reading

Susan Page is Washington Bureau chief of USA Today, where she writes about the White House and national politics. She is the best-selling author of several books, including “Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power,” “The Rulebreaker: The… Continue Reading

Diana Parsell is a former journalist and the author of “Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees,” which was featured on NBC’s Today Show and won prizes from Biographers International and the Society of Midland Authors. Previously Diana… Continue Reading

Lois Romano is a distinguished American journalist, author, and editor, known for her in-depth coverage of national politics and American political culture for major outlets, including The Washington Post and Politico. Her longtime interest in the lives of women who… Continue Reading

Julian Sancton is The New York Times best-selling author of “Madhouse at the End of the Earth” and “Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire.” He is a senior features editor at The Hollywood Reporter.… Continue Reading

David Taylor writes for The Washington Post, Discover, Smithsonian, Scientific American, and other outlets. He received a 2024 Outstanding Feature Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists. His books include “Ginseng, the Divine Root” (Algonquin), “Soul of a People” (Turner… Continue Reading

Steve Vogel is a veteran journalist who reported for The Washington Post for more than two decades, writing extensively about military affairs. His reporting about the war in Afghanistan was part of a package of Washington Post stories selected as… Continue Reading

Patrick Wohl is an author and lawyer originally from Illinois. He received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and attended The George Washington University. His first book, “Down Ballot,” tells the story of a campaign for state representative… Continue Reading