ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kushner is the author of The Flamethrowers, a finalist of the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Five Novel of 2013. Her debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist of the 2008 National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s, Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. D. Ronald confesses to having spent time in various jobs throughout a career in business and then spent time in prison after turning to crime to pay the medical bills of his ailing wife. Work on his debut novel, The Elephant Tree was largely undertaken while he was inside. In his Read more…