Yuri Herrera (Actopan, México, 1970). His first three novels have been translated into several languages: Kingdom Cons, Signs Preceding the End of the World, and Transmigration of Bodies. In 2016 he shared with translator Lisa Dillman the Best translated Book Award for the translation of Signs Preceding the End of the World. That same year…

Adrianne Harun is the author of two short story collections, The King of Limbo, a Washington State Book Award finalist, and Catch, Release, winner of the Eric Hoffer Award. Stories from her collections have been listed as Notable in both Best American Short Stories and Best American Mystery Stories. Her first novel, A Man Came…

Gwen Florio “is one of those writers who regularly publish series and stand-alones that leave a lasting impression,” says the New York Times. Her fiction draws on a lengthy journalism career that took her across the country and overseas to several conflict zones, including Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia. Her debut novel, Montana, won the national…

Peter Cooley has published twelve books, the most recent Accounting For The Dark (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2024). For 43 years he served as Director of Creative Writing at Tulane University and is now Professor Emeritus. He was Poet Laureate of Louisiana from 2015-17.

Eric Cook is the Executive Chef and Owner of award-winning New Orleans restaurants Gris-Gris and Saint John. A six-year U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, Cook entered the culinary world and worked in many of the city’s most well-renowned kitchens before building a culinary empire of his own. Cook has appeared on Top Chef New Orleans,…

Christine Carbo is the author of the Glacier Mystery novels, an ensemble series set in and around Glacier National Park. Her books include The Wild Inside, Mortal Fall, The Weight of Night, and A Sharp Solitude. She is a recipient of the Women’s National Book Association Pinckley Prize, the Silver Falchion Award, the High Plains…

Alafair Burke is the Edgar-nominated, New York Times best-selling author of fifteen novels of suspense, including her latest novel, The Note, as well as The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister, and Find Me, and coauthor of the best-selling Under Suspicion series. A former prosecutor, she is now a professor of criminal law. She recently…