Neale Donald Walsch is a modern day spiritual messenger whose words continue to touch the world in profound ways. His Conversations with God series of books, all New York Times bestsellers, have been translated into 34 languages, inspiring millions. Walsch is the author of 29 books, including The God Solution (2020, Phoenix Books, Inc.). Neale and his wife, the poet Em Claire, live in Oregon.
David McAlister Barry is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005.
Lillian Jackson Braun (1913-2011) was an American author whose 1966 novel, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, was the first in a series of mysteries featuring reporter Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum.
Richard Hack was an investigative writer for over 20 years. He is the author of more than fifteen books, including Puppetmaster: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover.
Mark Kurlansky is an award-winning writer of several works of nonfiction. He has written, edited, or contributed to twenty books, which have been translated into twenty-five languages and won numerous prizes.
Robert Littell is an American novelist whose works include The Amateur (1981), Young Philby (2012), and Comrade Koba (2019).
Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011) was an American author who was the first woman to win the Hugo award for fiction. She wrote or cowrote more than fifty books of fantasy, including novels in The Ship Who Sang and Dragonriders of Pern series.
Robert B. Parker (1932-2010) was an American author who wrote more than 60 novels. He is most well-known for the novels that feature the private detective Spenser, which inspired the television series Spenser: For Hire.
Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007) was an American screenwriter and novelist, who created the series I Dream of Jeannie and Hart to Hart. He won the Academy Award for best screenplay for The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer and the Tony award for Redhead.
Amy Tan is an American author whose works explore what it means to grow up as a first generation Asian American. Her novels include The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), The Hundred Secret Senses (1995), and The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001).