Jessica Anya Blau's "The Trouble with Lexie"

Jessica Anya Blau 's books include The Summer of Naked Swim Parties , Drinking Closer to Home , and The Wonder Bread Summer . Here she d...

Joy Callaway's "The Fifth Avenue Artists Society"

Joy Callaway ’s love of storytelling is a direct result of her parents’ insistence that she read books or write stories instead of watching ...

Walter Shapiro's "Hustling Hitler"

Walter Shapiro has covered every presidential campaign since 1980. A columnist at Roll Call , he is also a fellow at the Brennan Center for...

Bill Schutt and J. R. Finch's "Hell’s Gate"

Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and author. He is a research associate in residence at the American Museum of Natural History and a pr...

Karin Salvalaggio's "Walleye Junction"

Born in West Virginia and raised in an Air Force family, Karin Salvalaggio grew up on a number of military bases around the United States. ...

Doreen Mattingly's "A Feminist in the White House"

Doreen Mattingly is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at San Diego State University. Here she dreamcasts an adaptation of her new ...

Steven Rowley's "Lily and the Octopus"

Steven Rowley has worked as a freelance writer, newspaper columnist and screenwriter. Originally from Portland, Maine, he is a graduate of ...