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John Burnham Schwartz is the author of the acclaimed novels Bicycle Days, Reservation Road, Claire Marvel and The Commoner, which was made into a motion picture based on his screenplay. His writing has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times and The New Yorker, and his books have been translated into over two dozen languages. He has taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Harvard University, and Sarah Lawrence College, and he is currently the Literary Director of the Sun Valley Writers' Conference. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, screenwriter and food writer Aleksandra Crapanzano, and their son, Garrick.
Helen Schulman is the author of the novels P.S., The Revisionist, and Out of Time, and the short story collection Not a Free Show. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Vanity Fair, Time, Vogue, GQ, The Paris Review, and the New York Times Book Review. She lives in New York City.
Simon Van Booy grew up in rural Wales. He is the author of The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, which won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. He is the editor of three philosophy books, titled Why We Fight, Why We Need Love, and Why Our Decisions Don’t Matter, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, and on NPR. He lives in New York City with his family, where he teaches at the School of Visual Arts and is involved in the Rutgers Early College Humanities program for young adults living in underserved communities. A finalist for the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise, his work has been translated into thirteen languages. His debut novel, EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL BEGAN AFTER was released in July 2011 from Harper Perennial.
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