Featured Authors

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AUTHORS 2009 (as of 10-30-2008)
Louis Bayard The Black Tower
The Pale Blue Eye

Mr. Bayard is a staff writer and book reviewer for Salon.com
Ellen Crosby The Bordeaux Betrayal
The Chardonnay Charade


Ms. Crosby has lived and worked as a journalist in London, Moscow and Geneva. Her popular mysteries take place in Virginia.
Larry Doyle I Love You, Beth Cooper

Mr. Doyle is a novelist, television writer and producer, working for shows such as The Simpsons and Beavis and Butt-Head.
Charles Finch The September Society
A Beautiful Blue Death

Mr. Finch writes mystery novels set in Victorian England.
Garrett Graff The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House

Mr. Graff is a professor in Georgetown University’s Master of Professional Studies Program.
Jacqueline Maria Hagan Migration Miracle: Faith, Hope, and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey

Ms. Hagan is an associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Jayne Karsten The History of Key School (working title)

Ms. Karsten is a long-time teacher The Key School.
Jim Lehrer Oh, Johnny (coming in March 2009)
Eureka

Mr. Lehrer is an Emmy Award winning journalist and news anchor for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS.
Kate Lehrer Confessions of a Bigamist
Out of Eden

Kate Lehrer has written two novels, numerous short stories, essays, and book reviews and is a participant in the Diane Rehm Book Club on National Public Radio.
Laura Lippman Another Thing to Fall
What the Dead Know


Ms. Lippman was a newspaper reporter and feature writer at The Baltimore Sun.
Elizabeth Spires I Heard God Talking to Me: William Edmonson and His Stone Carvings (coming in January 2009)
The Wave-Maker: Poems


Ms. Spires is the author of five collections of poetry and six books for children.
Benjamin Wallace The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine

Mr. Wallace has written for GQ, Details, Food & Wine, Salon.com, and The Washington Post.
Benjamin Wittes Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in an Age of Terror

Mr. Wittes is a fellow and research director in public law at The Brookings Institute.
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