Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than fifty-five languages. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; Half of a Yellow Sun, which was the recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Best of the Best” award; Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck; and the essays “We Should All Be Feminists” and “Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions.” Her most recent work is an essay about losing her father, “Notes on Grief,” and Mama’s Sleeping Scarf, a children’s book written as Nwa Grace-James. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Adichie divides her time between the United States and Nigeria. Dream Count was published on March 4th.

Crystal Dickinson recently starred in The Blood Quilt at Lincoln Center. She won the Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 2012 production of Clybourne Park and subsequently appeared in You Can’t Take It With You on Broadway in 2014. Her additional theater credits include A Raisin in the Sun, Seven Guitars, Wine in the Wilderness, and Gem of the Ocean at Two River Theater, Lessons in Survival at the Vineyard, The Low Road and Cullud Wattah at The Public, Covenant at the Roundabout, The Trees at Playwrights Horizons, and Blues for an Alabama Sky at the McCarter. Her film and television credits include The Accidental Wolf, I Origins, The Good Wife, Feed the Beast, New Amsterdam, and recurring roles on The CHI and For Life. Dickinson has taught at Stella Adler Studio, Spelman College, Pace University, Princeton University, the Juilliard School, NYU, University of Illinois, and Seton Hall.

Montego Glover: Tony Award Nominee, Two-time Drama Desk Award Winner, Outer Critics' Circle Award Winner & Honoree, and Drama League Award Nominee. Broadway: Into The Woods, Memphis, Hamilton, Les Miserables, It Shoulda Been You and The Color Purple. Television & Film: Inventing Anna, The Blacklist, Evil, BULL, The Following, Black Box, Hostages, Smash, Golden Boy, The Good Wife, White Collar, Law & Order, Made In Jersey, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Entergalactic, and Every Little Secret. Numerous commercials, voiceovers, narration and animated characters for television, gaming, film, & new media. Notably, narration for Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real Life Tales of Black Girl Magic. Extensive work as a Concert Guest Artist. Most recently, a sold out evening of Gershwin with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. The "Montego Glover Exhibition" enjoys permanent residence at the Bessie Smith Cultural & African American Museum in Montego's hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Ms. Glover has served as a member of the Artists' Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors and Lincoln Center Theater. She is a New York Pops Ed Ambassador and a member of the Broadway Green Alliance. @MontegoGlover MontegoGlover.com