A #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, Christina Baker Kline is published in 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as The New York Times and the NYT Book Review, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, LitHub, Psychology Today, and Slate.

Katrina Lenk can currently be seen in the Peacock original miniseries Apples Never Fall with Annette Bening. She was recently seen in the final season of Netflix’s Ozark and starred as Bobbie in the 2022 Tony Award–winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company. She previously starred as Dina in The Band’s Visit, for which she earned Tony, Grammy, and Lucille Lortel awards. Additional Broadway credits include the Pulitzer Prize–winning Indecent, Once, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and The Miracle Worker. Lenk has also been featured on Apple TV+’s Little Voice, Tommy on CBS, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon.

Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age. She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. Lucky was published on April 23rd.