About the Authors
Zibby Owens is the creator and host of award-winning podcast Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, in which she conversations with authors as wide-ranging as Alicia Keys and Lena Dunham to Delia Owens and Brit Bennett, making her show a top literary podcast as selected by Oprah.com two years in a row.
Chris Bohjalian is a playwright and the author of twenty-three books, including several New York Times bestsellers. The Flight Attendant has been made into an HBO Max limited series, and his novels Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers were made into movies. He can be found at chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Litsy, and Goodreads, @chrisbohjalian
Gretchen Rubin is one of the most thought-provoking and influential writers on the linked subjects of habits, happiness, and human nature. She’s the author of many books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers Happier at Home and The Happiness Project. Rubin has an enormous following, in print and online; her books have sold more than a million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages, and on her popular daily blog she reports on her adventures in pursuit of habits and happiness. Rubin started her career in law and was clerking for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when she realized she wanted to be a writer. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.
Courtney Maum is the author of Touch (a New York Time editor’s choice and NPR’s Best of 2017), as well as the acclaimed I Am Having So Much Fun Here without You. Her book reviews, essays and articles about the writing life have been widely published in outlets such as the New York Times, O the Oprah Magazine, BuzzFeed, Interview Magazine, and Electric Literature.
Elliot Ackerman is the author of several novels, including Dark at the Crossing and Green on Blue. He is both a former White House Fellow and United States Marine and served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. His essays and fiction have appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New Republic, and the New York Times Magazine, among others.
Colleen Delany has
been a sparkling jewel in the crown of Washington’s vastly talented acting
community for thirty-seven days now and will confidently challenge to a fierce
best out of three in “paper-rock-scissors” anyone wishing to topple her from
that lofty perch. Primarily a stage actress,—having played roles at Shakespeare
Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Folger
Shakespeare Library, Studio Theatre, Olney Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Theater J,
Washington Stage Guild, Theater of the First Amendment, and Source Theatre,
among others—Ms. Delany does a you-name-it of various acting jobs, including
audiobook narration.
Reema Zaman is an award-winning author, speaker, and teacher. Her work has been featured in the Guardian, the Huffington Post, and elsewhere. Zaman was selected as the 2018 Oregon Literary Arts’ Writer of Color Fellow and serves as Ambassador and Mentor for Girls Inc., Pacific Northwest. Born in Bangladesh, raised in Thailand, and presently residing in Portland, Oregon, she holds a double BA in gender studies and theater from Skidmore College.