DaMaris B. Hill, PhD
Author
Luis J. Rodriguez
Luis J. Rodriguez
Amber Sparks
Amber Sparks
Carmen Maria Machado
Carmen Maria Machado
Kelly Link
Kelly Link
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald
Esmé Weijun Wang
Esmé Weijun Wang
Zack McDermott
Zack McDermott
Lydia Davis
Winner of the 2020 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story Lydia Davis's ESSAYS ONE, her first nonfiction book, was published in 2019 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Lydia Davis is the author of VARIETIES OF DISTURBANCE, which was a National Book Award...
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Board Chair
Willy Vlautin
Willy Vlautin
Richard Powers
Richard Powers
Ivelisse Rodriguez
Ivelisse Rodriguez
Blanche McCrary Boyd
Blanche McCrary Boyd
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel
Ben Lerner
Ben Lerner
G. Willow Wilson
G. Willow Wilson
Mathangi Subramanian
Mathangi Subramanian
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the 2019 MacArthur “Genius” Grant, he is also the winner of the Whiting Award...
Peter Rock
Peter Rock is the author of ten works of fiction, most recently The Night Swimmers, SPELLS, Klickitat and The Shelter Cycle. The recipient of fellowships from Stanford University, the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he currently...
Yiyun Li
Yiyun Li
Lauren Francis-Sharma
First Vice President
Chloe Aridjis
Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican American writer who grew up in the Netherlands and Mexico. She is the author of three novels, Book of Clouds, which won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger in France, Asunder, set in London’s National Gallery, and Sea Monsters. Chloe...
Charles Finch
Charles Finch is the author of several nationally bestselling novels, among them The Inheritance (Minotaur, 2016) and The Last Enchantments (St. Martin’s, 2014). His criticism regularly appears in The New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, New York, The Guardian, and...
Bernice L. McFadden
Bernice L. McFadden
Alexi Zentner
Alexi Zentner
Tope Folarin
Vice President
Donna Hemans
Secretary
Morgan Jerkins
Morgan Jenkins, Author
Nisi Shawl
Nisi Shawl, Author
Rion Amilcar Scott
Rion Amilcar Scott, Author
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood, Author
Elliot Ackerman
Board Member
Marie Arana
Board Member
Jabari Asim
Board Member
Susan Ginsburg
Board Member
Louis Bayard
Board Member
Xochitl Gonzalez
Board Member
Daniel Pink
Daniel Pink, Author
Stephen King
Stephen King, Author
Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue, Author
Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes, Author
Jackson R. Bryer
Board Member
Caroline Kepnes
Caroline Kepnes, Author
Bethanne Patrick
Board Member
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
Board Member
Tony Lewis Jr.
Board Member
Ericka Taylor
Board Member
Martha Anne Toll
Board Member
Lisa Page
Board Member
Deborah Tannen
Board Member
Jung Yun
Board Member
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