Mikki Kendall
American writer, cultural critic, speaker, and editor known for nonfiction on feminism, race, culture, and social justice, as well as graphic works and speculative-fiction publishing.
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American writer, cultural critic, speaker, and editor known for nonfiction on feminism, race, culture, and social justice, as well as graphic works and speculative-fiction publishing.


Canadian novelist known for darkly comic, surreal fiction about women, identity, beauty, pain, friendship, and artistic creation.

Nita Prose is a bestselling author of mystery and thriller fiction, best known for the Molly the Maid series.


British historian and Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford, known for works on Byzantium, the Silk Roads, and global history.

Egypt-born American computer scientist, futurist, author, and climate-tech investor known for near-future science fiction and nonfiction about technology, human enhancement, and global resource challenges.

American cartoonist, author, and former NASA roboticist best known for creating the webcomic xkcd and writing popular-science books.

Ray Dalio is an American investor, hedge-fund founder, and nonfiction author.

American novelist and short-story writer, author of four novels and the collection Music for Wartime.

Rivers Solomon is an American author of speculative and literary fiction whose work explores race, gender, disability, queerness, memory, and inherited trauma.
American author, lecturer, and story consultant best known for his influential books on storytelling and screenwriting.

Ryka Aoki is an American poet, novelist, composer, and teacher whose writing spans fiction, poetry, essays, short stories, and children's literature.
S.T. Abby was a pen name of romance author C.M. Owens, also known as Kristy Cunning. She wrote dark romantic suspense under this name.

Irish novelist known for psychologically acute literary fiction about intimacy, class, friendship, and contemporary life.

Australian romance novelist known for contemporary romantic comedies and historical romance.

American essayist, humorist, blogger, comedian, and television writer known for candid, comic nonfiction.

Canadian-American novelist known for literary and historical fiction featuring complex human-animal relationships.

New Zealand-born Australian author of epic fantasy romance, best known for the Crystal Bloom and Moonfall series.

American young adult fantasy author best known for the Serpent & Dove trilogy.
Simon Sinek is an author, ethnographer, and leadership thinker known for writing about purpose, leadership, organizational culture, and long-term strategy.
German educational scholar, social scientist, systemic consultant, and author.


English author and former travel journalist known for genre-blending mystery novels combining locked-room puzzles with literary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Sue Lynn Tan is a Malaysian-born, Hong Kong-based author of romantic fantasy inspired by mythology, including the Celestial Kingdom books, Immortal, and Never Ever After.

Susan Cain is an American author and speaker whose books explore introversion, temperament, sorrow, longing, and human connection.

Susanna Clarke is an English author best known for the fantasy novels Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Piranesi, as well as her short fiction set in the world of English magic.

Award-winning journalist and nonfiction author who co-authored influential books on relationships, negotiation, leadership, and innovation.

Tayari Jones is an American novelist and professor of creative writing known for literary fiction centered on family, identity, race, love, and justice.

American entrepreneur, investor, writer, podcaster, and author of nonfiction books on work, health, learning, cooking, and personal development.

American transgender fiction writer known for candid, complex stories about trans life, gender, desire, and community.
Japanese manga writer best known for Death Note, Bakuman, and Platinum End.
American author, translator, and historian of Japanese literature, best known for his works on samurai culture, Zen, tea, and Japanese poetry.
Alex North is the pen name of British crime writer Steve Mosby, known for psychological thrillers and horror-tinged crime fiction.

Amal El-Mohtar is an award-winning writer of poetry and short fiction, and co-author of the New York Times bestselling This Is How You Lose the Time War.

Amber V. Nicole is a dark fantasy and fantasy-romance author known for morally complex characters, epic stakes, and stories blending magic, horror, and romance.

Andrew Joseph White is a bestselling trans and autistic American author of horror novels for young adults and adults.
American novelist known for literary fiction centered on family, loss, connection, and resilience.

American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher known for medical nonfiction and science writing.
American journalist and nonfiction author known for deeply reported books about conflict, authoritarianism, and East Asia.
Dutch-American psychiatrist, researcher, author, and educator specializing in traumatic stress, trauma-related disorders, and their effects on the brain, mind, and body.
American novelist and short-story writer known for literary fiction exploring race, sexuality, desire, intimacy, and artistic life.
Brit Bennett is an American novelist and children's author known for The Mothers, The Vanishing Half, and the Claudie Wells books.

American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress who has published memoir, nonfiction diary, and co-authored fiction.
C. M. Waggoner is an American fantasy novelist known for humorous, warmhearted fantasy mysteries and magical adventures.
American psychologist known for research on motivation, achievement, and growth mindsets.