Storyteller, journalist, and author of When Crack Was King

MacArthur Fellow, visual journalist, author, and artist

Author of Come and Get It and instant New York Times-bestseller Such a Fun Age

New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising and Carrie Soto is Back

Author of Whistleblower

New York Times-bestselling author and creative leadership expert

Retired LA Galaxy Star and LGBTQ Advocate

Author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree and National Book Award finalist The Man Who Could Move Clouds

Medal of Honor recipient and author of Red Platoon

Blogger, best-selling author of Dinner: A Love Story and Dinner: The Playbook, and Cup of Jo food columnist

Award-winning reporter, former physician, and author of An American Sickness

Author of the acclaimed bestseller Swamplandia! and Orange World

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls

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