Rick Moody - The author of six novels, two memoirs, three collections of stories, and a volume of essays of music. His most recent publication is THE LONG ACCOMPLISHMENT, a memoir. He teaches at Brown University.

Jonathan Safran Foer - An author of three award-winning and internationally best-selling novels: Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (both Houghton Mifflin) and Here I Am (FSG) as well as two works of nonfiction: Eating Animals and The New American Haggadah (both Little Brown). He won The Guardian Book Prize for his debut novel, and his books are published in over 30 languages. His most recent book, We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, was published by FSG in September 2019.

Christine Schutt - Her most recent collection of stories, Pure Hollywood, was a New York Times Notable Book for 2018. Novels include Prosperous Friends, Florida (a National Book Award Finalist) and All Souls (a Pulitzer Prize finalist). She is braving a Maine winter this year, but otherwise lives in New York.